A review by sbromley92
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer

3.0

When I saw this book at a garage sale for $1, the decision to buy it was a no-brainer. The synopsis of the book seemed interesting and I was hoping to get some help in making decisions in my life. I struggle with making decisions... A LOT. In fact, I think this fault can be crippling at times. So I finally got around to deciding to read the book (after narrowing down the choices to 5 books and picking this one based solely on the fact that again, I was struggling to make a decision with something). I almost abandoned it after only reading one chapter, when I learned that the author, Jonah Lehrer, had some plagiarism issues with a book about creativity that he wrote last year. The only reason I kept going was that I was sucked in from the first chapter of this book and this book is not reported to have any plagiarism issues that I am aware of. Now that I have read it, I'm still not sure that it has actually helped me to become better at making decisions, but it was definitely an entertaining, interesting read. I am fascinated by the personal stories, particularly the one of the pilot that lost all hydraulics on a flight from Denver to Chicago in 1989. Edge-of-your-seat reading. The other personal stories were really fascinating, too. Overall, a very good read.