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To summarise this book in two sentences: We are humans, we are flawed, we are more flawed than we would like to be. Make peace with it.
4 stars because I understood the scope of this book, and I'd like to think of myself as someone who at least tries to have objective ratings (at times). I understand why it is so famous and how, in its field, it can provide good insights. However, if you have never taken a stats class (or you have but cannot remember even the name of the teacher, let alone any of the content...) and if you are not particularly interested in economics, investments, etc..
I think this can become tedious very fast. It is a dense and not easy to read book that touched upon topics which I overall found interesting, but also I don't think I'd have missed too much if I hadn't been any wiser and skipped this one.
Some points he makes are quite obvious, some will be obvious if you have studied any psychology, a few points can be generalised and held more interest for me (like it gave me final proof that the ending of a movie or a book is what is going to make up my idea on the whole thing and that is because I'm human and we tend to weight the peak and the end more than the whole experience in it's entirety), other points I did not care much to even try to store in my memory.
So I'd say proceed with caution and if you don't care much about what I've mentioned before about economics etc, maybe skip this one.
*quick FYI: I have a booktube channel! You can find me at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKINi_gWxRVjojxMeKtKi1Q*
4 stars because I understood the scope of this book, and I'd like to think of myself as someone who at least tries to have objective ratings (at times). I understand why it is so famous and how, in its field, it can provide good insights. However, if you have never taken a stats class (or you have but cannot remember even the name of the teacher, let alone any of the content...) and if you are not particularly interested in economics, investments, etc..
I think this can become tedious very fast. It is a dense and not easy to read book that touched upon topics which I overall found interesting, but also I don't think I'd have missed too much if I hadn't been any wiser and skipped this one.
Some points he makes are quite obvious, some will be obvious if you have studied any psychology, a few points can be generalised and held more interest for me (like it gave me final proof that the ending of a movie or a book is what is going to make up my idea on the whole thing and that is because I'm human and we tend to weight the peak and the end more than the whole experience in it's entirety), other points I did not care much to even try to store in my memory.
So I'd say proceed with caution and if you don't care much about what I've mentioned before about economics etc, maybe skip this one.
*quick FYI: I have a booktube channel! You can find me at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKINi_gWxRVjojxMeKtKi1Q*
This book will make you start questioning your decisions and noticing problems with your own reasoning. A great wake up call!
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This book was a slog for me to get through. It was well written and extremely well researched—yet most chapters didn’t resonate with my interests through no fault of Kahneman.
I originally heard of Daniel and his late research partner Amos Tversky regarding a 1979 paper they published about the planning fallacy. Kahneman mentioned Tversky often in this book, and it seemed to almost be a book in memoriam to Tversky.
It was a great long-form overview of how people think and the biases that can creep into one’s reasoning. However, there was very little that I can immediately put into action. “What do I do with this idea?” I found myself, shrugging, and moving onto the next chapter. Kahneman isn’t terribly preachy—he just wants people to understand how people think.
I originally heard of Daniel and his late research partner Amos Tversky regarding a 1979 paper they published about the planning fallacy. Kahneman mentioned Tversky often in this book, and it seemed to almost be a book in memoriam to Tversky.
It was a great long-form overview of how people think and the biases that can creep into one’s reasoning. However, there was very little that I can immediately put into action. “What do I do with this idea?” I found myself, shrugging, and moving onto the next chapter. Kahneman isn’t terribly preachy—he just wants people to understand how people think.
Not a gripping page turner in writing style, but fascinating all the same!
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