{"product_id":"future-babble-future-babble-why-pundits-are-hedgehogs-and-foxes-know-best-9780452297579","title":"Future Babble: Future Babble: Why Pundits Are Hedgehogs and Foxes Know Best","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniel Gardner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology \u0026amp; Cognition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSuperforecasting \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFuture Babble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Genuinely arresting . . . required reading for journalists, politicians, academics, and anyone who listens to them.\"--Steven Pinker, author of \u003ci\u003eHow the Mind Works\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are awash in predictions. In newspapers, blogs, and books; on radio and television. Every day experts tell us how the economy will perform next year, if housing sales will grow or shrink, and who will win the next election. Predictions are offered about the climate, food, technology, and the world our grandchildren will inhabit. And we can't get enough of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on research in cognitive psychology, political science, and behavioral economics, award-winning journalist Dan Gardner explores our obsession with the future. He shows how famous pundits, \"hedgehogs\" who stick to one big idea no matter how circumstances change, become expert at explaining away predictions that are wrong while \"foxes,\" who are more equivocal in their judgments, are simply more accurate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408965623959,"sku":"9780452297579","price":2140.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780452297579.webp?v=1767310880","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/future-babble-future-babble-why-pundits-are-hedgehogs-and-foxes-know-best-9780452297579","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}