A review by dav
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home by Dan Ariely

2.0

I really enjoyed his previous book, and this has been recommended to me by two friends recently. There were good parts to this, but it spent too much time on anecdotes for my tastes and I also believe it suffered in the inevitable comparison to The Black Swan, the book I had just finished. I actually listened to his last book as an audio book, and I think this format heavy with personal anecdotes style comes across better in that format.

The science is there though, and while this sort of social science experimentation is difficult to lead to convincing hard conclusions, I think overall Ariely is on the right track and makes some astute observations.