COVID-19 And The Psychology Of Uncertainty
Mar 29, 2020
Originally published in the Globe and Mail, March 28, 2020
A black hood covered the prisoner’s head. A deafening roar fill... More >
Dan Gardner is the New York Times best-selling author of books about psychology and decision-making and a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. More >
Mar 29, 2020
Originally published in the Globe and Mail, March 28, 2020
A black hood covered the prisoner’s head. A deafening roar fill... More >
Apr 06, 2021
Originally published in The Boston Globe, April 1, 2021
Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
As Biden administration officials pr... More >
Jul 02, 2020
Originally published in the Globe and Mail June 24, 2020
You can sense it in the air. A feeling. A good feeling. The cold... More >
Apr 14, 2020
Originally published in the Globe and Mail April 12, 2020
In 2003, a novel coronavirus emerged from Asia, spread to two do... More >
A New York Times bestseller — Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week’s meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terrible forecasters. As Wharton professor Philip Tetlock showed in a landmark 2005 study, even experts’ predictions are only slightly better than chance. However, an important and underreported conclusion of that study was that some experts do have real foresight, and Tetlock has spent the past decade trying to figure out why...
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