Thread by @TimHarford

NEW BOOK KLAXON

I am very excited to tell you that "How To Make The World Add up" will be published in two months' time - 17 September.

It's my attempt to distill what I've learned in over a decade working on @ftopinion @FTMag and of course @BBCMoreOrLess
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My aim is to help you think clearly about the numbers that swirl all around us. I've come to realise that means finding ways to overcome biases and emotional responses just as much as any technical skill. If they want to, the smartest people can believe the stupidest things.
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I loved writing the book, exploring tales of the heroes and villians of statistics, from Florence Nightingale to John Maynard Keynes. Also some intriguing cameos: an art forger, an erotic dancer, and a phalanx of storks.
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Blushing with pride that @stephenfry predicts you will "get so much pleasure and draw so much strength from the joyful way it dispels the clouds of deceit and delusion"
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Delighted beyond words that @CCriadoPerez says "'If you aren't in love with stats before reading this book, you will be by the time you're done."
I do love stats.
They matter, too. They really do.
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More details here about the book - and how you can go about getting signed first editions from @standupmaths 's fantastic crew at @MathsGear
timharford.com/2020/07/announ…

Oh - and if you like what I'm doing, please tell your friends about it.
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