Book description
There is a special kind of intelligence for dealing with risk and
uncertainty. It doesn't correlate with IQ and most psychologists fail
to spot it because it is found in such a disparate, rag-tag group of
people such as weather-forecasters, professional gamblers and
hedge-fund managers. This book shows just how important risk
intelligence is. Many people in positions which require high risk
intelligence - doctors, financial regulators and bankers - seem unable
to navigate doubt and uncertainty. Risk Intelligence is a traveller's
guide to the twilight zone of probabilities and speculation. Dylan
Evans shows us how risk intelligence is vital to making good
decisions, from dealing with climate change to combating terrorism. He
argues that we can all learn a lot from expert gamblers, not just
about money, but about how to make decisions in all aspects of our lives.
'Risk Intelligence is a manifesto for a new approach to knowledge and
uncertainty. It will change the way you think.' Jimmy Wales, Founder of
Wikipedia 'Risk Intelligence is really a great contribution for dealing
with the biggest challenge we have in an interconnected world:
complexity, velocity and uncertainty.' Klaus Schwab, Founder and
Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum 'Fascinating... Readers of this
valuable manual will be better able to 'gauge the limits of [their] own
knowledge' and increase their ability to make fact-based decisions.'
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Dylan Evans is the author of
several critically acclaimed books, including Emotion: The Science of
Sentiment (Oxford University Press, 2001) and Placebo: The Belief
Effect (HarperCollins, 2003). He has a PhD in philosophy from the
London School of Economics and is the founder of Projection Point, a
company that designs risk intelligence training programs for corporate
clients. He writes regularly for The Huffington Post and often appears
on BBC Radio.
