The difference How the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies

Scott E. Page

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Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press 2008.
Language
English
Main Author
Scott E. Page (-)
Edition
[Paperback edition]
Item Description
"With a new preface by the author."
Originally published: 2007.
Physical Description
xxx, 424 pages : illustrations
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780691138541
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition: Prufrock Avoided
  • Acknowledgments: The Continuous Life
  • Prologue: How Diversity Trumps Ability: Fun at Caltech
  • Introduction: Unpacking Our Differences
  • Part 1. Unpacking the Toolbox
  • 1. Diverse Perspectives: How We See Things
  • 2. Heuristics: Do the Opposite
  • 3. Interpretations: Our Own Private Flatland
  • 4. Predictive Models: Judging Books by Their Covers
  • 5. Measuring Sticks and Toolboxes: Calipers for the Brain
  • Part 2. Diversity's Benefits: Building from Tools
  • 6. Diversity and Problem Solving: Darwin's Brass Tacks
  • 7. Models of Information Aggregation: Mindless Signals
  • 8. Diversity and Prediction: The Crowd of Models
  • Part 3. Diverse Values: A Conflict of Interests (Or Is It)?
  • 9. Diverse Preferences: Why Tapas
  • 10. Preference Aggregation: Four (Not So) Depressing Results
  • 11. Interacting Toolboxes and Preferences: Go Ask Alice
  • Part 4. The Pudding: Does Diversity Generate Benefits?
  • 12. The Causes of Cognitive Diversity: Family Vacations, College, or Identity?
  • 13. The Empirical Evidence: The Pudding
  • Part 5. Going on the Offensive
  • 14. A Fertile Logic: Putting Ideas to Work
  • Epilogue: The Ketchup Questions
  • Notes
  • Index