Kyle Harrison
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The Knowledge Illusion
The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone
- Author
- Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach
- Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 296
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Sloman and Fernbach on the “knowledge illusion” — we think we understand the world far better than we do (the zipper experiment), because most of what we know actually lives in other people’s heads.
Where I heard about it
- Yuval Noah Harari — cites it directly in 21 Lessons for the 21st Century as a central frame for human ignorance.
Connections
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century — where this book is cited.