Superforecasting

Superforecasting

by Philip E. Tetlock

10 mentors recommend this 338 pages

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 t

ISBN: 9788375568882

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Preston Pysh

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Julia Galef

Julia Galef

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"Has some good advice on how to improve your ability to make accurate predictions."

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Michael Mauboussin

Michael Mauboussin

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"Most important book since Thinking, Fast & Slow."

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Liv Boeree

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"@PTetlock one of the best rationality books i've ever read, I recommend it in many of my talks :)"

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Alexis Ohanian

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"Such a great book. Building software right now that's informed by this."

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