There is an old adage that we learn best from mistakes. A more poignantly popular saying is that if we don’t keep history alive, we are destined to repeat it. All evidence suggests, however, that human beings are slow learners and that we forget the past long before the ink in the history books is dry. We are particularly bad at things like probability, advanced math, and imagining that anything could go wrong since we’ve relied on science and the guarantees of corporate … [Read more...] about Are Americans Slow Learners? Business Book Review