A Book for Neuroworld Readers?

Arnold Kling’s proposal to write a book about “Masonomics” (presumably economic insights from the George Mason economics department) sounds like something I’d read. And I imagine a lot of readers here would as well.

As Kling puts it:

Masonomics looks at the human brain as an organ that is highly evolved to engage in deception, including self-deception. It can reason without necessarily being rational. The way I see it, Masonomics does not necessarily agree that humans tend to choose the best ways to achieve their objectives. Instead, we are limited by our capacity for self-deception, among other shortcomings.

Quite true. The George Mason economics department is often at the forefront of this emerging understanding of how human being actually think and behave. A book about some of the major personalities and research would be tremendous. I’m not sure it would sell a tremendous amount; but tremendous nonetheless.

HT: Marginal Revolution