Being Wrong

<p><strong>The bestselling history of and investigation into human error by beloved <em>New Yorker</em> writer Kathryn Schulz</strong></p><p>Both wise and clever full of fun and surprise about a topic so central to our lives that we almost never even think about it.<br/>--Bill McKibben author of <em>Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet</em><br/></p><p>In the tradition of <em>The Wisdom of Crowds </em>and<em> Predictably Irrational Being Wrong </em>explores what it means to be in error and why homo sapiens tend to tacitly assume (or loudly insist) that they are right about most everything. Kathryn Schulz argues that error is <em>the</em> fundamental human condition and should be celebrated as such. Guiding the reader through the history and psychology of error from Socrates to Alan Greenspan <em>Being Wrong </em>will change the way you perceive screw-ups both of the mammoth and daily variety forever.</p>