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Prologue Fun At Caltech (pdf)

Introduction Alphs Wanted Poster (pdf)

PART I UNPACKING THE TOOLBOX

1 Diverse Perspectives How We See Things (pdf)

2 Heuristics Do The Opposite

3 Interpretations Our Own Private Flatland

4 Predictive Models Judging Books by Their Covers

5 Measuring Sticks and Toolboxes Calipers for the Brain (pdf)

PART II DIVERSITY BENEFITS: BUILDING FROM TOOLS

6 Diversity and Problem Solving Darwins Brass Tacks (pdf)

7 Models of Information Aggregation Mindless Signals

8 Diversity and Prediction The Crowd of Models

PART III DIVERSE VALUES: THE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS (OR IS IT)?

9 Diverse Preferences Why Tapas

10 Preference Aggregation Four (Not So) Depressing Results

11 Interacting Toolboxes and Preferences Go Ask Alice

PART IV THE PUDDING: DOES DIVERSITY GENERATE BENEFITS?

12 The Causes of Cognitive Diversity Family Vacations, College or Identity?

13 The Empirical Evidence The Pudding

PART V GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE

14 A Fertile Logic Putting Ideas to Work

Epilogue The Ketchup Question

Endnotes