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Jones, Chris, 1973-
Problem solving.
Decision making.
Creative thinking.
Data mining.
Algorithms.
Computer algorithms.
Visual analytics.
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The eye test : a case for human creativity in the age of analytics /
Chris
Jones
.
by
Jones
,
Chris
,
1973-
Twelve, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, 2022.
Call #:
001.42 J76e
Subjects
Problem solving.
Decision making.
Creative thinking.
Data mining.
Algorithms.
Computer algorithms.
Visual analytics.
ISBN:
9781538730676 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Case for human creativity in the age of analytics
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xii, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"'The Eye Test' is a necessary course correction, a call for a more balanced, personal approach to problem solving. Award-winning journalist
Chris
Jones
makes the case for the human element - for what smart, practiced, devoted people can bring to situations that have proved resistant to analytics.
Jones
shares what he's learned from an army of extraordinary talents, including some of the best doctors, executives, athletes, meteorologists, magicians, designers, astrophysicists, and detectives in the world. There are lessons in their mastery. Of course there is a place for numbers in decision making. No baseball player should be judged by his jawline. But the analytics revolution sparked by Michael Lewis's 'Moneyball' now threatens to replace one kind of absurdity with another. We have developed a blind faith in the machine, the way a driver overly reliant on his GPS might be led off the edge of a cliff. Not all statistical analysis is sound. Algorithms aren't infallible, and spreadsheets aren't testaments. Trust in them too much, and they risk becoming instruments of destruction rather than understanding. Worse, data's supremacy in our daily lives has led to a dangerous strain of anti-expertise: the belief that every problem is a math problem, and anyone given access to the right information will find the right answer. That taste doesn't matter, experience doesn't matter, creativity doesn't matter. That we can't believe our eyes, no matter how much they've seen. There is also hope. 'The eye test' serves as a reminder that if beauty is less of a virtue in the age of analytics, a good eye still is. This book is a celebration of our greatest beholders -- and an absorbing, inspiring guide for how you might become one, too."--From publisher.
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