Author Jonah Lehrer explores the power of outsider intelligence. At PopTech 2009, the best-selling author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist, notes that, paradoxically, lacking expertise on a subject can be an asset.
I posted this because I found it deeply fascinating. The idea the an outsider's perspective can be a huge advantage is an idea that appeals to me. The less emotional investment you have in a situation, the more rational you can be in your thinking about it. If you are interested more in Lehrer's work, he blogs at Wired Magazine and has written a couple of books about Neuroscience. His book "How We Decide" was a bestseller and was " The first book to use the unexpected discoveries of neuroscience to help us make the best decisions."
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