The Difference : : How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies - New Edition /

The Difference : : How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies - New Edition / / Scott Page.

In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one another. The Difference is about how we think in groups--and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone?...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Page, Scott,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.) :; 6 halftones. 43 line illus. 67 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition. Prufrock Avoided
  • Acknowledgments. The Continuous Life
  • Prologue. How Diversity Trumps Ability: Fun at Caltech
  • Introduction. Unpacking Our Differences
  • PART ONE. 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 TWO. 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 THREE. 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 FOUR. THE PUDDING: DOES DIVERSITY GENERATE BENEFITS?
  • 12. The Causes of Cognitive Diversity. Family Vacations, College, or Identity?
  • 13. The Empirical Evidence. The Pudding
  • PART FIVE. GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE
  • 14. A Fertile Logic. Putting Ideas to Work
  • Epilogue. The Ketchup Questions
  • Notes
  • Index

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