UNIT 1: THOMPSON'S "PUBLIC THINKING"

• Clive Thompson's "Public Thinking," chapter 1 of Smarter Than You Think (Penguin Press, 2013.) The excerpts are pages 5 - 61, 66-68, and 81-2.
  The complete chapter is here. 

 

Background & Links

• Clive Thompson's bio (from the site for his book, Smarter Than You Think.)
• Thompson's wikipedia page, twitter feed and blog 
• Video of Thompson discussing some of the claims in his book with Andrew Keen of TechCrunch TV (10 minutes).  Video interview about the book on Huffington Post (12 minutes).  
• Video of Thompson from CBS This Morning show. Short (3.45) 
• Review of the book by Walter Isaacson of the New York Times. A collection of reviews from other sources (selected by the publisher of Thompson's book).