Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface to the Paperback Edition. Prufrock Avoided xiii
4. Acknowledgments. The Continuous Life xix
5. Prologue. How Diversity Trumps Ability: Fun at Caltech xxv
6. Introduction. Unpacking Our Differences 1
7. PART ONE. UNPACKING THE TOOLBOX
8. 1. Diverse Perspectives. How We See Things 23
9. 2. Heuristics. Do the Opposite 52
10. 3. Interpretations. Our Own Private Flatland 73
11. 4. Predictive Models. Judging Books by Their Covers 90
12. 5. Measuring Sticks and Toolboxes. Calipers for the Brain 103
13. PART TWO. DIVERSITY’S BENEFITS: BUILDING FROM TOOLS
14. 6. Diversity and Problem Solving. Darwin’s Brass Tacks 131
15. 7. Models of Information Aggregation. Mindless Signals 175
16. 8. Diversity and Prediction. The Crowd of Models 197
17. PART THREE. DIVERSE VALUES: A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS (OR IS IT)?
18. 9. Diverse Preferences. Why Tapas 239
19. 10. Preference Aggregation. Four (Not So) Depressing Results 255
20. 11. Interacting Toolboxes and Preferences. Go Ask Alice 285
21. PART FOUR. THE PUDDING: DOES DIVERSITY GENERATE BENEFITS?
22. 12. The Causes of Cognitive Diversity. Family Vacations, College, or Identity? 299
23. 13. The Empirical Evidence. The Pudding 313
24. PART FIVE. GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE
25. 14. A Fertile Logic. Putting Ideas to Work 339
26. Epilogue. The Ketchup Questions 371
27. Notes 377
28. Index 411