The Eye Test
The Eye Test is a course correction, balanced approach to problem solving. In this book, award-winning journalist Chris Jones makes a compelling case for a more personal approach to analytical thinking. The Eye Test is divided into chapters on entertainment, sports, weather, politics, crime, money and medicine. 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. The Eye Test is a celebration of our greatest beholders—and an absorbing, inspiring guide for how you might become one, too.
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"With convincing arguments and delightful writing, Chris Jones makes the case for putting people back in the analytics equation."
―Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast, "WorkLife"
"THE EYE TEST serves as a map, out of this artificial mechanical wilderness and back to the flickering light of ourselves."
―Wright Thompson, New York Times bestselling author of PAPPYLAND and THE COST OF THESE DREAMS
“Extremes are rarely a good thing—in politics, sports, or our culture."
―Chris Cillizza, host of CNN's "The Point"
"THE EYE TEST is brilliant, fun, and incredibly insightful—a must-read for anyone who wants to rediscover the power and promise of human creativity and intuition in our algorithm-ruled age."
―Daniel Coyle, author of THE CULTURE CODE
"THE EYE TEST is the perfect guide to what role our own expertise and intuition tells us about deciphering the numbers. Chris Jones has written a playfully profound book that well passes its own eye test."
―Joe Maddon, manager, Los Angeles Angels