Thinking, Fast and Slow
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- Author：Daniel Kahneman
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Summary
In the highly anticipated Thinking， Fast and Slow， Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think。 System 1 is fast， intuitive， and emotional; System 2 is slower， more deliberative， and more logical。 Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking， and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior。 The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies， the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future， the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home， the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions。
Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think， Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking。 He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble。 Thinking， Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking。
Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think， Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking。 He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble。 Thinking， Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking。
Reviews
Madison Bellamy
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Lots of interesting tidbits in here。 Many of the findings described in this novel are now taught in classes that I have taken， but I was still surprise multiple times。 I listened to this as an audiobook and I'm not sure that's the best format for it。 Good to listen to in the background as it is so long and I wouldn't have the time to sit and read it， but I don't think hearing the numbers or descriptions of diagrams is as impactful。 The library didn't have the pdf that is supposed to come with it Lots of interesting tidbits in here。 Many of the findings described in this novel are now taught in classes that I have taken， but I was still surprise multiple times。 I listened to this as an audiobook and I'm not sure that's the best format for it。 Good to listen to in the background as it is so long and I wouldn't have the time to sit and read it， but I don't think hearing the numbers or descriptions of diagrams is as impactful。 The library didn't have the pdf that is supposed to come with it。 Honestly， I think this would be a fun book to occasionally pick up and read a chapter or two of， or it might be good as a 15 part podcast series with more real world applications （although I suppose there are a lot of similar podcasts these days）。 。。。more
Juan Almeyda
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The book describes the main biases that we people have。 Every chapter starts with an exercise to show how we unconsciously could be easily manipulated。 All of this based on scientific experiments。It is quite sad that we cannot avoid having those biases， and many companies， governments， etc take advantage of it and manipulate us。Many things that we do in the daily life are influenced by those biases， and we do not even realize of it。 Luckily， we can educate ourselves and minimize the impact of ma The book describes the main biases that we people have。 Every chapter starts with an exercise to show how we unconsciously could be easily manipulated。 All of this based on scientific experiments。It is quite sad that we cannot avoid having those biases， and many companies， governments， etc take advantage of it and manipulate us。Many things that we do in the daily life are influenced by those biases， and we do not even realize of it。 Luckily， we can educate ourselves and minimize the impact of manipulations。This book is a great eyes opener。 。。。more
Jorge Ibarra
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Un libro pesado， de mucha información estadística y vastas explicaciones de experimentos realizados durante todo su trayecto personal。 La primicia principal del autor es el concepto de la división del pensamiento humano en 2 partes。 El sistema 1 que es rápido， intuitivo， pero con la desventaja de no filtrar la información。 Por otra parte el sistema 2 es lento y flojo， pero una vez que trabaja， usa la razón y la experiencia para poder tomar buenas decisiones。
Oliver Go
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Kryštof Kohout
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Very interesting and insightful book about psychology and common biases and mistakes people commit without even noticing。 The only problem I had was that I found the book quite hard to read， and thus I kept postponing finishing it。。。
José Francisco
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Great book to understands how our brain works， analyzing and explaining how the analytical process of making decisions or understand not always respond to facts or any logic， but more to our instinct and senses。 Thinking， Fast and Slow is what we do every day， but understand how we do it， or at least， how the process work is a fascinating journey to improve ourselves， and maybe make better choices （or maybe not）。
Patrick Horgan
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It's a no for me。I made it about 1/3 of the way through this book。 The topic is really， really interesting。 However， there isn't much structure to this book， and the writing isn't engaging。 It reads like an endless series of scientific studies， with no narrative glue in between。 I appreciate pop-science books that don't shy away from the actual science。 But this is more like a literature review than an actual book。 It's a no for me。I made it about 1/3 of the way through this book。 The topic is really， really interesting。 However， there isn't much structure to this book， and the writing isn't engaging。 It reads like an endless series of scientific studies， with no narrative glue in between。 I appreciate pop-science books that don't shy away from the actual science。 But this is more like a literature review than an actual book。 。。。more
Ivan Mylyanyk
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A few years ago I read a short version of this book （probably on Blinkist or smth like that） and was under impression that I've got everything this book has to offer。 I was so wrong！Thanks to my colleague recommendation， I picked this book up again （a real book this time） and got impressed with Kahneman's work。There is a good level of details and almost no repetitions， it's full of interesting and entertaining facts， nicely structured and it definitely makes me rethink a lot of my behaviours。I r A few years ago I read a short version of this book （probably on Blinkist or smth like that） and was under impression that I've got everything this book has to offer。 I was so wrong！Thanks to my colleague recommendation， I picked this book up again （a real book this time） and got impressed with Kahneman's work。There is a good level of details and almost no repetitions， it's full of interesting and entertaining facts， nicely structured and it definitely makes me rethink a lot of my behaviours。I recommend reading this book if you want to improve your decision making。 。。。more
Sarah
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The concept of a fast-acting， quickly processing brain system which simply comes to conclusions based on surface level thinking verse a slower more methodical and calculating part of our brain which we use with much less frequency was utterly fascinating。 The number of implications to be made from the information learned in this book is almost endless。 It is eye-opening how quick people are to make snap decisions based on utterly irrelevant information， how easily swayed those decisions can be a The concept of a fast-acting， quickly processing brain system which simply comes to conclusions based on surface level thinking verse a slower more methodical and calculating part of our brain which we use with much less frequency was utterly fascinating。 The number of implications to be made from the information learned in this book is almost endless。 It is eye-opening how quick people are to make snap decisions based on utterly irrelevant information， how easily swayed those decisions can be and how ensconced we are with the correctness of said decisions。 With that said， as someone who was reading this for pleasure and personal learning， this was a 3⭐️ book。 If I’d been reading this for research or as part of an academic program， it would be a 4⭐️ book。 While the concepts themselves are very enthralling， I found the book to be a bit repetitive at times and felt like I occasionally got lost in some of the details。 If there were an abridged edition about half the length of the original， that would have been perfect for me。 。。。more
Abel Ibarra
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Me parece un buen libro， un camino un tanto largo para explicar y ejemplificar los 2 hemisferios sobre nuestro razonamiento， nuestro lado analitico y el lado impulsivo， me parece que los ejemplos y los diagramas con los que el autor denota sus pubtos son muy buenos y de gran valor， por otro lado algunos capitulos me parecen muy redundantes， muchos ejemplos siento que se explican en muchas ocasiones y que en cierto momento llegas a perder el interes sobre el contenido， sin embargo el verdadero va Me parece un buen libro， un camino un tanto largo para explicar y ejemplificar los 2 hemisferios sobre nuestro razonamiento， nuestro lado analitico y el lado impulsivo， me parece que los ejemplos y los diagramas con los que el autor denota sus pubtos son muy buenos y de gran valor， por otro lado algunos capitulos me parecen muy redundantes， muchos ejemplos siento que se explican en muchas ocasiones y que en cierto momento llegas a perder el interes sobre el contenido， sin embargo el verdadero valor lo encuentras cuando asocias de forma personal como estos sistemas trabajan para ti， cuando conoces tus anclas， tus intuiciones y tus formulas， un libro que me tomo mucho tiempo en leerlo y que probablemente tenga que volver a leer despues。 。。。more
Ole Remie
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Elysios
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4/5 if this was 1/20th of the size。 Not even that， maybe a big article。 90% of the book is him going through studies that point out human inconsistency and irrationality。
Grant Jossi
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An illuminating book about how and why we make the decisions we do， and the ways in which we view the world。
Tanya
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Fascinating research and insight into human decision-making biases。 Not an easy read though。 It reads very much like an academic research paper rather than a book in popular science。
León
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i had to read this book for class and hated every second of it。
Andrew
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As mentioned in We Need to Talk。
Aaron
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The first half of the book is great， as it explores the two "systems" of our brain and limitations of each -- fast thinking "system one" （our intuition， which is sometimes very wrong） and slow thinking "system two" （our deliberate thought， which is lazy and overly reliant on input from the unreliable system one）。 The second half of the book gets very tedious， however， and many of the "insights" the author attempts to convey are actually just the result of people being bad at math。 The first half of the book is great， as it explores the two "systems" of our brain and limitations of each -- fast thinking "system one" （our intuition， which is sometimes very wrong） and slow thinking "system two" （our deliberate thought， which is lazy and overly reliant on input from the unreliable system one）。 The second half of the book gets very tedious， however， and many of the "insights" the author attempts to convey are actually just the result of people being bad at math。 。。。more
Nick Curyer
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I think this was the longest it’s ever taken me to read a book。 I found myself re-reading pages and chapters over and over again in order to grasp some of the unusual and concepts I wouldn’t normally even think about。 The images， puzzles， refined terms， wording and other interactive tests throughout the book allowed me to get a first hand experience of the otherwise confusing concepts mentioned throughout。 Being able to apply these concepts to everyday life solidified the ideas and changed the w I think this was the longest it’s ever taken me to read a book。 I found myself re-reading pages and chapters over and over again in order to grasp some of the unusual and concepts I wouldn’t normally even think about。 The images， puzzles， refined terms， wording and other interactive tests throughout the book allowed me to get a first hand experience of the otherwise confusing concepts mentioned throughout。 Being able to apply these concepts to everyday life solidified the ideas and changed the way I approached certain situations。 Being aware of how my actions， thoughts and intuitions come about has influenced my outlooks on my own and others rational and seemingly irrational decisions。 。。。more
Zach
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Very interesting and insightful， but fairly dry and academic so it was a slower read than I expected it to be。
Matthew Gallant
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A truly fascinating book， with tremendous insights into the workings of the mind that are immediately self-evident to the reader。 Also covers many topics that connect easily to game design。
Vighnesh Birodkar
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Filled with profound insights about our minds and everyday life。
Andriy Bas
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Very interesting and insightful book。 I learned so many patterns that I and many people follow in everyday life that don't make sense from the "rational" or "mathematical" perspective （making choices， being loss-averse， etc）。Highly recommend！But also， the book is very boring and slow to read， imho。 They could have made the book a bit more dynamic， I guess。 Very interesting and insightful book。 I learned so many patterns that I and many people follow in everyday life that don't make sense from the "rational" or "mathematical" perspective （making choices， being loss-averse， etc）。Highly recommend！But also， the book is very boring and slow to read， imho。 They could have made the book a bit more dynamic， I guess。 。。。more
Clare Picker
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Not what I expected， better！ This book is a fascinating mix of psychology and economics， and the author uses layman’s terms to discuss how and why we make decisions。 There is much to apply for anyone looking to be more rational and logical， or simply seeking to understand the process of thought more fully。
MTMD
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Very dense thorough work on the tricks of the mind。 Loved the section on bias and on the experiencing vs remembering self。“We can be blind to the obvious， and we are also blind to our blindness”“Odd as it may seem， I am my remembering self， and the experiencing self， who does my living， is like a stranger to me”
Jill Fearing
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Blinkist
Subham
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A great book to know how we make decisions。 Helped me to build a foundation and later on helped me to understand Chris Voss' Never Split the Difference。 Just after graduating with an Economics degree， I thought of giving this book a try。 It turned out to be highly tedious to get through the concepts， though I studied enough statistics in my college and most of the explanations were framed on it。 Revisiting the days when I picked the book， it seemed logical why I felt as such。 My expectations wer A great book to know how we make decisions。 Helped me to build a foundation and later on helped me to understand Chris Voss' Never Split the Difference。 Just after graduating with an Economics degree， I thought of giving this book a try。 It turned out to be highly tedious to get through the concepts， though I studied enough statistics in my college and most of the explanations were framed on it。 Revisiting the days when I picked the book， it seemed logical why I felt as such。 My expectations were different， I started reading the book with an expectation that the theories I will read here will be useful for my day today life。 But this book turned out to be a little different， it's ideas aren't straightway applicable in day today life。 None of the content in the book is related to core Economics， it is all from psychology that is framed on statistics， especially probability theory and hypothesis testing。 。。。more
Jonathan
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As someone who is obsessed by human behaviour， I was expecting another great psychology book。 I was unfortunately disappointed。 The beginning and end were interesting， but the middle section was tedious， repetitive and boring。 I have zero interest in economic theories， so this book was a very long read for me。 I guess it’s my fault for not doing enough research about the content。
Emre Sevinç
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Can you understand the modern world you live in without having any idea about the following terms and the concepts they convey: 'inflation'， 'unemployment'， 'advertisement'， 'capitalism'， 'liberalism'， 'democracy'， 'civil rights'， 'energy'？ In order to think about some field， to understand some aspects of our daily lives， and to communicate about them to the others， we need the terms describing them。 Just like the terms given in the first sentence of this paragraph， the terms that became a part Can you understand the modern world you live in without having any idea about the following terms and the concepts they convey: 'inflation'， 'unemployment'， 'advertisement'， 'capitalism'， 'liberalism'， 'democracy'， 'civil rights'， 'energy'？ In order to think about some field， to understand some aspects of our daily lives， and to communicate about them to the others， we need the terms describing them。 Just like the terms given in the first sentence of this paragraph， the terms that became a part of our daily communication， we need terms and concepts to understand how our mind works in the modern world and what kind of pitfalls we face while we're trying make thousands of decisions and form ideas every day。 So it is time that we learn about 'anchoring effects'， 'narrow framing'， 'excessive coherence'， 'endowment effect'， 'planning fallacy'， 'the illusion of validity'， and many other aspects of decision making and thinking， so that we can understand the processes we encounter every day much better。You'll have a difficult time after this book because it will probably make you think slowly and question many of the decisions you made in the past， and the ones you are to make in the future。 As the Nobel laureate in economics and one of the most cited psychologists / cognitive scientists of all times， Daniel Kahnemann hardly needs an introduction。 If you have ever read a book or an article about decision making， behavioral economics or cognitive psychology in the last 15-20 years， you have either read something inspired by his studies， or a criticism of him。 "Thinking， Fast and Slow" takes the reader on a very gentle tour during which he or she will see the pitfalls of inner workings of the mind。 Kahneman's text is very fluent， one might even say a 'page turner'， and without diving into deep and obscure details of academic journals， it gives a very good overview of one of the most important and radical research programs of the 20。 century。 For the curious and skeptic readers， the book contains many references to the original articles， books and discussions。 But the power of the narrative comes from the crystal clear explanation of many interesting， yet very simple experiments。 Unless you are already well versed in the field， you are going to come up with very fast and intuitive answers to many of the described questions in the book and you will probably be baffled as the author will go on to dissect the reasoning of yours， which even you were not aware of。I am thankful Daniel Kahneman for having given me the necessary tools to analyze the decision making processes of mine and others。 His book will be definitely one of the references that I'll keep on referring to and I have already started to create a list of articles and books he gave in the detailed 'Notes' section at the end of the book。 。。。more
Nerd Sniper
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Detailed review to follow
Ajith。 T
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Not an easy read， only for intellectuals and researchers in psychology。
Reference
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