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Preface to the Paperback Edition: Prufrock Avoided | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments: The Continuous Life | p. xix |
Prologue: How Diversity Trumps Ability: Fun at Caltech | p. xxv |
Introduction: Unpacking Our Differences | p. 1 |
Unpacking the Toolbox | |
Diverse Perspectives: How We See Things | p. 23 |
Heuristics: Do the Opposite | p. 52 |
Interpretations: Our Own Private Flatland | p. 73 |
Predictive Models: Judging Books by Their Covers | p. 90 |
Measuring Sticks and Toolboxes: Calipers for the Brain | p. 103 |
Diversity's Benefits: Building from Tools | |
Diversity and Problem Solving: Darwin's Brass Tacks | p. 131 |
Models of Information Aggregation: Mindless Signals | p. 175 |
Diversity and Prediction: The Crowd of Models | p. 197 |
Diverse Values: A Conflict of Interests (Or Is It)? | |
Diverse Preferences: Why Tapas | p. 239 |
Preference Aggregation: Four (Not So) Depressing Results | p. 255 |
Interacting Toolboxes and Preferences: Go Ask Alice | p. 285 |
The Pudding: Does Diversity Generate Benefits? | |
The Causes of Cognitive Diversity: Family Vacations, College, or Identity? | p. 299 |
The Empirical Evidence: The Pudding | p. 313 |
Going on the Offensive | |
A Fertile Logic: Putting Ideas to Work | p. 339 |
Epilogue: The Ketchup Questions | p. 371 |
Notes | p. 377 |
Index | p. 411 |
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