Dec and Jan

[Chris Boyd]

Hello All, Our december 8 book at Le Boulanger is The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives  by Leonard Mlodinow With the born storyteller's command of narrative and imaginative approach, Leonard Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how our lives are profoundly informed by chance and randomness and how everything from wine ratings and corporate success to school grades and political polls are less reliable than we believe Mlodinow bases his ideas on Kahneman's ideas in our September book, Thinking Fast and Slow/ Other related books: Subliminal by Mlodinow Innumeracy--Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Paulos Our January 12th meeting will be at Kepler's at 4P .The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life  by Len Fisher. “Self-organization” reveals itself in the inanimate worlds of crystals and seashells, but as Len Fisher shows, it is also evident in living organisms, from fish to ants to human beings. Fisher shows how we can manage our complex social lives in an ever more chaotic world. His investigation encompasses topics ranging from “swarm intelligence” to the science of parties and the best ways to start a fad Other Related Books: Emergence by Steven Johnson Smart Mobs--The Next Social Revolution by Howard Rheingold The Smart Swarm by Peter Miller The Self Organizing Economy by Paul Krugman Hope to see you at Le Boulanger on December 8. Chris Boyd