Joe on CBS Sunday Morning Read about it here! Read the full blog post here... WHY WE MAKE MISTAKES "snappy prose...vastly informative..."    —Booklist Read more praise Coming in paperback February 9th! Why We Make Mistakes gives a dozen or so chapters on the kinds of errors we all make—and some of the reasons behind them. If you want a feel for what kinds of errors we talk about, check out some excerpts, both below and here. Or, of course, you can always buy the book. You can see the U.K. edition here. This website is also a resource for all your mistake needs. You'll find links (updated!) to some of the most recent research on human error, as well as links to real-life examples of these errors. I also encourage you to send me your own videos or links of other examples of human error—the funnier, the better (it also helps if they're true). If I mention your items in my blog, I'll be sure to give you credit. Happy reading...   What's the world's clumsiest and goofiest thing to do? No doubt, the list of candidates is endless. But if you're billionaire casino mogul Steve Wynn, your nominee would have occurred on or about Sept. 30, 2006. That's when some famous friends of his, including broadcaster Barbara Walters and the writer Nora Ephron, were visiting Mr. Wynn in his Las Vegas office. Mr. Wynn, a noted art collector, took the opportunity to show off one of his most treasured possessions—a 1932 portrait of Picasso's mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, entitled "Le Reve" ("The Dream"). The erotic painting is notable for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that the head of Marie-Therese is divided into two sections, one of which is a penis. This aside, the portrait was also among the most valuable works of art in the world. Just a day before receiving his visitors, Mr. Wynn had agreed to sell the painting to another billionaire, hedge fund executive Steven Cohen, for the whopping sum of $139 million. But just as Mr. Wynn was showing off the portrait to his friends, he gestured with his right hand—and put his elbow right through the painting...

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