From: John Brockman < INIMIF To: Nathan Myhrvold Cc: Larry Page - , J Pierre Omidyar , Stewart , Elon Musk , Bill Gates , Tony Fadell Jimm Evan Williams Craig Venter Christopher Anderson , Nick Pritzker Jean Pigozzi , Jeff Skoll Jeffre E stein <jeevacation , Anne Treisman , Sergey Brin , Dean Kamen George Dyson Hillis , Sean Parker Richard Thaler , Tim O'Reilly Salar Kamangar Eva Wisten Jennifer Jacquet , Jaron Lanier , "J.E. Safra/Doumanian" , Mark Zuckerberg mail.com>, Daniel Kahneman June Cohen Subject: Dyson on Kahneman - New York Review of Books Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:42:28 +0000 Attachments: How_ to_ Dispel_Your Illusions.docx On Nov 30, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Nathan Myhrvold wrote: > I must say that I love the irony of this. The NYT list is telling us > what to think about Danny's book. Meanwhile the book tells us that we > can be unduly influenced by people telling us what to think... It is > wonderfully circular. > It is very well deserved honor nonetheless - Danny should be proud of > it. > And for that matter, of his incredible book agent too :-) > Nathan OK, enough emails from me on Kahneman. This is the final one (promise!) until and unless he wins the Pulitzer or the Nobel Prize for Literature. With Freeman Dyson's final paragraph in his review (attached) NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, Danny can take a few days off (and so can I). Cheers, JB THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS December 22, 2011 - Page 40 How to Dispel Your Illusions EFTA00719772