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Model Thinking for Everyday Life: How to Make Smarter Decisions

Richard Larson

Technology & society

Model Thinking for Everyday Life: How to Make Smarter Decisions

By Richard Larson, professor post-tenure in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

INFORMS · 2023

Decisions are a part of everyday life, whether simple or complex. It's all too easy to jump to Google for the answers, but where does that take us? We're losing the ability to think critically and decide for ourselves. In this book, Larson asks readers to undertake a major mind shift in our everyday thought processes. Model thinking develops our critical thinking skills, using a framework of conceptual and mathematical tools to help guide us to full comprehension, and better decisions.

From Summer 2024 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.