Head in the Cloud

The Power of Knowledge in the Age of Google

William Poundstone (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2016
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78607-013-5 (ISBN)

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A witty, practical guide to succeeding in a culturally illiterate age

What’s the point of knowing anything when facts are so easy to look up? Just reach for your computer, tablet or mobile and ask the sky. We’re living in the golden age of rational ignorance where more people know who Khloe Kardashian is than who René Descartes was and most of us can’t name the largest ocean on the planet. Yet the latest research indicates that the better informed are healthier, happier and often dramatically wealthier.

Bestselling author William Poundstone conducts a hilarious and humbling investigation into the true worth of knowledge. What does it tell you, for example, when those who can pinpoint a country on a map are less likely to favour invading it? Underpinned by big data analysis and illustrated with eye-opening anecdotes, Poundstone’s Head in the Cloud is an entertaining manifesto on the surprising benefits of broadening your horizons, as well as a warning of the dangers of an ill-informed electorate.

William Poundstone is the author of fourteen books, including the international bestseller Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? He lives in Los Angeles.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 225 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-78607-013-8 / 1786070138
ISBN-13	978-1-78607-013-5 / 9781786070135
Zustand	Neuware