| Hive Mind | |
| Author: | Garett Jones |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Isbn: | 9-7815-0360-0676 |
| Published: | 2015 |
Hive Mind: How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own is a book by Garett Jones, published in 2015 by Stanford University Press. It explores the science behind the financial payoff of high Individual IQ and the related impact of thinking like a group. The book claims that a nation's average IQ is multiple times more important for the nation's prosperity than an individual's IQ is important for their overall prosperity. The logic is that collective IQ non-linearly improves a country's fortunes via multiple channels, such as better institutions, etc.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The book relates personal intelligence to group intelligence with a concept the author calls the da Vinci Effect. This concept relates the general intelligence of an individual performing different tasks to the abilities of members of a group performing different tasks.
The book was reviewed by Slate Star Codex[5] and Stuart Ritchie.[6]