Future babble: how to stop worrying and love the unpredictable
Auteur :
Gardner, Dan
Éditeur :
Ebury Publishing
ISBN :
9780753522370
Date de publication :
12 avr. 2012
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
216 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30. Face it, experts are about as accurate as dart-throwing monkeys. And yet every day we ask them to predict the future. This book examines this phenomenon, showing why our brains yearn for certainty about the future.