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Everything is Obvious - Why Common Sense is Nonsense (Paperback, Main) Loot Price: R338
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Everything is Obvious - Why Common Sense is Nonsense (Paperback, Main)

Duncan J. Watts

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Sociologist Duncan Watts explains in this provocative book that the explanations that we give for the outcomes that we observe in life - explanations that seem obvious once we know the answer - are less useful than they seem. Watts shows how commonsense reasoning and history conspire to mislead us into thinking that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do; and in turn, why attempts to predict, manage, or manipulate social and economic systems so often go awry. Only by understanding how and when common sense fails can we improve how we plan for the future, as well as understand the present-an argument that has important implications in politics, business, marketing, and even everyday life.

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Imprint: Atlantic Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 2012
First published: March 2012
Authors: Duncan J. Watts (Author)
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 335
Edition: Main
ISBN-13: 978-1-84887-216-5
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > Popular psychology > General
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LSN: 1-84887-216-X
Barcode: 9781848872165

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