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tjildau's review
4.0
It took me a while, mostly because I put it away for a few months, but I really enjoyed this book. The book is very informative but still easy to read and the examples make it more interesting/entertaining. Very fascinating and I think I will read it again in a couple of years.
jenny_hedberg's review against another edition
4.0
*Argh, I lost my entire review to server disconnection! Oh well, I'll just have to rewrite it.*
It took me two years and nine days to read Thinking, Fast and Slow. You could say that I took the advice "Buy it fast. Read it slowly" that was printed on the back of my copy to heart. During those two years I was inspired to base my senior presentation in ToK (IB for epistemology) on System 1 and 2 and how we might not be as rational as we think we are. The knowledge and experience that I gained from Kahneman's book pushed me to share what I learned to the point where I'm pretty sure I convinced at least three people to go and read the book (including my two group members for the presentation, hehe).
Cannot be bothered to rewrite the rest of my review where I actually spoke about what the book is about and what I learned. Just read the book. It's good, you'll have some eureka moments and you will feel better for it.
It took me two years and nine days to read Thinking, Fast and Slow. You could say that I took the advice "Buy it fast. Read it slowly" that was printed on the back of my copy to heart. During those two years I was inspired to base my senior presentation in ToK (IB for epistemology) on System 1 and 2 and how we might not be as rational as we think we are. The knowledge and experience that I gained from Kahneman's book pushed me to share what I learned to the point where I'm pretty sure I convinced at least three people to go and read the book (including my two group members for the presentation, hehe).
Cannot be bothered to rewrite the rest of my review where I actually spoke about what the book is about and what I learned. Just read the book. It's good, you'll have some eureka moments and you will feel better for it.
stan2long's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
If you finish the 1st 5 hours of this book you’ll get the gist; what remains are specifics and examples. The title refers to 2 different ways that most people think. The fast is our quick reaction, simple reasoning, and intuition. The slow is our deliberate reasoning. Book describes many carefully crafted, but simple experiments that bring out the differences in patterns of behavioral psychology. The “fast” thinking is vulnerable to subliminal cues that we don’t consciously notice. The “slow” is rather lazy in most people. Covers many aspects: Stocks and investing. Avoiding danger. Subtle influences on voting. Mood and Well-being. Friendships. Rush to judgements. Book is ideal for those in sociology, Econ, Psych, Marketing, MBA. For all, because we deal with people.
laurenoh's review
4.0
I finally finished!!! Really interesting, really dense, really glad I read it, really glad I'm done.
cametoconquer's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
4.25
If you are pursuing any semi-serious econ studies, read this book. And better read it early rather than late. A great primer on flaws in the rationality concept. The rest of the book is also quite interesting on showing how good or bad our default thinking is.
The only reason I'm taking off a star is because a lot of the middle part was quite boring to me as it was going over stuff I know very well in really basic terms. It's not a ding against the book in general, just for those who are very familiar with the topics.
The last bit about memory and life could be expanded with the addition of future discounting.
P.s. I was in the middle of the book when the author passed away, definitely made the reading experience more poignant afterwards.
The only reason I'm taking off a star is because a lot of the middle part was quite boring to me as it was going over stuff I know very well in really basic terms. It's not a ding against the book in general, just for those who are very familiar with the topics.
The last bit about memory and life could be expanded with the addition of future discounting.
P.s. I was in the middle of the book when the author passed away, definitely made the reading experience more poignant afterwards.