Tuesday, July 03, 2007

When expertise works and when it doesn't

A book recommendation from Marc Andreesen about a twenty-year analysis of pundit performance. Experts that appear in the press and advise governments and businesses don't seem to be that much better -- even in their own field -- than the dart-throwing chimp; and they rationalize the same ways as normal people about their ineptitude. It's called Expert Political Judgement.

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