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A review by teelock
The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights by Thomas Gilovich, Lee Ross
5.0
The second half of the book applies these insights to analyzing and suggesting solutions to four pressing real-world problems. The problems addressed are:
1) What leads to human happiness and well-being?
2) What sustains human conflict?
3) How can at-risk populations be more effectively educated?
and
4) What can we do to minimize global warming?
These examples demonstrate how overcoming the frailties of ordinary thinking can help us arrive at new solutions to persistent problems.
This well-researched and thoughtfully presented book explore several mind traps that trick every one of us. The authors skillfully illustrate and apply relevant research with accessible examples. Although the book is more nearly an exposition of the research interests of the authors than it is an in-depth and comprehensive exploration of wisdom, it does provide clear guidance that can help any of us move forward on the long path toward wisdom.
1) What leads to human happiness and well-being?
2) What sustains human conflict?
3) How can at-risk populations be more effectively educated?
and
4) What can we do to minimize global warming?
These examples demonstrate how overcoming the frailties of ordinary thinking can help us arrive at new solutions to persistent problems.
This well-researched and thoughtfully presented book explore several mind traps that trick every one of us. The authors skillfully illustrate and apply relevant research with accessible examples. Although the book is more nearly an exposition of the research interests of the authors than it is an in-depth and comprehensive exploration of wisdom, it does provide clear guidance that can help any of us move forward on the long path toward wisdom.