The tell cover

The tell

by Matthew J. Hertenstein

"Every day we make predictions based on limited information, in business and at home. Will a company's stock performance continue? Will a job candidate be a good employee? What kind of adult will a child grow up to be? We tend to dismiss our predictive minds as prone to bias and mistakes, but in The tell, psychologist Matthew Hertenstein reveals that our intuition is surprisingly good at using small clues to make big predictions, and demonstrates how we can do it better. Drawing on rigorous research in psychology and brain science, Hertenstein shows us how to hone our powers of observation to increase our predictive capactities and, to paraphrase Sherlock Holmes, help us notice what we see."--From publisher.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?