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Understand the world by seeing what others miss.

Unexpected Histories: Demonstrating that Humans are Still Better at Pattern Recognition is for readers who want to understand the world by seeing what others miss. Through vivid stories spanning antitrust battles, witch trials, Prohibition‑era corruption, naval warfare, codebreaking, and the secret birth of computing, you learn how real people recognized patterns hidden in noise, connected seemingly unrelated events, and acted on insight long before data or machines could.

This book helps you:

Spot patterns earlier in business, technology, politics, and everyday life
Understand power dynamics in modern institutions by seeing their historical roots
Recognize disinformation by studying how it succeeded in past eras
Think more clearly under uncertainty, using examples from history’s messiest moments
Sharpen intuition, the one cognitive skill algorithms still struggle to replicate

Book One opens a series designed to strengthen your ability to detect signals others overlook, and to navigate a world shaped by hidden forces.

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