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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

malenemanger's review against another edition

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3.0

for laaaang. noe thought provoking innhold, men ikke revolusjonerende for min del

signorponza's review against another edition

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3.0

Nella nostra testa esistono due "sistemi": il pensiero veloce e il pensiero lento. Lavorano insieme: il primo è quello che ci consente di (soprav)vivere quotidianamente, perché mette insieme rapidamente le informazioni disponibili nel contesto e, quasi senza che ne accorgiamo, elabora risposte, decisioni e azioni. Il secondo è più pigro, entra in funzione più di rado e solo quando ce n'è veramente bisogno: consente di fare ragionamenti più approfonditi e complessi e, di conseguenza, dare risposte più articolate. Ho iper-semplificato il concetto alla base di questo libro che ha comunque il pregio di riuscire a spiegare in modo chiaro questi concetti a cavallo tra psicologia, economia e statistica. E lo dice uno che all'università ha dato tre volte l'esame di statistica. Al netto di questo, non penso sia un testo leggero e semplice (richiede molta concentrazione), però è al tempo stesso utilissimo per mettere in discussione il concetto di razionalità assoluta sul quale sono stati tradizionalmente basati tanti modelli economici e decisionali che influenzano le nostre vite.

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alissamk's review against another edition

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5.0

This book took me a while to get through but it was really fascinating! I especially liked the section about experiences, memories and how we perceive them. I think the point of this book isn’t to change how we think (that probably isn’t possible) but after reading this I’m certainly going to... think about how I think more than I have before. It really put some things into perspective for me. Definitely recommend if you’re interested in how our brains work.

nikolai_laba's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

2.5

This book would be better as a long form article or cliff notes. Dragged on and felt like there was always twice as many examples as needed. Could have used more time spent on real world application instead of experiment results. Overall 2.5 because the research and ideas were good just a really difficult slog to get through them.

freshetables's review against another edition

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4.0

3.82/5.00 - [Good]
A detailed read with some very strong information on cognitive bias. Enjoyable enough but incredibly repetitive at times.

sambish's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

roguetomato's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

5.0

gabmarie101's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

bluelenny's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

jmrprice's review against another edition

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2.0

Interesting premise, but a very long, long, long read... felt the slog was never going to end...