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Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
by Tom Vanderbilt
Recommended by Malcolm Gladwell and Rory Sutherland
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Psychology, Science, and Social Sciences.
A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the YearThe Washington Post The Cleveland PlainDealer Rocky Mountain NewsIn this brilliant, lively, and eyeopening investigation, Tom Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are. He demonstrates why plans to protect ...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Psychology, Science, and Social Sciences.
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Rory Sutherland
“I completely agree. Nondrivers have a very poor understanding of complex systems and should be treated with suspicion. The book Traffic by @tomvanderbilt should be a set text in schools. | One of the heirs to the Freakonomics legacy. A very clever young writer tells us all sorts of things about what driving says about us. I kept waiting for the moment when my interest in congestion and roads would run its course. It never did.”
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