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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Thinking, Fast and Slow

FSG, 2011 plus...


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative

Recommendation

The topics that Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman addresses are both complex and integral to the human mind: He asks you to think about thinking by considering how your mind habitually contradicts itself, distorts data and misleads you. His prose is lucid, his reasoning rigorous and his honesty refreshing – more than once Kahneman illustrates conflicted thinking with examples from his own life. The result is a fairly slow read, but an ultimately rewarding experience.

Take-Aways

  • To understand how thinking works, consider this model, which says people use two cognitive systems.
  • “System 1” works easily and automatically and doesn't take much effort; it makes quick judgments based on familiar patterns.
  • “System 2” takes more effort; it requires intense focus and operates methodically.

About the Author

Daniel Kahneman, a professor emeritus at Princeton and a Nobel laureate in economics, has written extensively on the psychology of judgment and decision making.


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    J. M. 5 months ago
    Good
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    N. P. 2 years ago
    NICE TO KNOW
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    M. C. 2 years ago
    Lovely listening experience! I like and appreciate all the concepts that have been mentioned. Another to-read to add on my list :)

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