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avipoje 's review for:
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
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.