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Feb 04, 2024mmichelleng21 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Great book with lots of learnings about cognitive sciences and biases! Even one chapter about the applicability of these learnings to life (peak end phenomenon, loss aversion, happiness, etc). Can be slow and quite tedious at times if…
Jan 31, 2024
Published over a decade ago, but as fresh and amazingly insightful as ever, this book by a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist sums up a whole career of research and influenced a generation of economists and psychologists. Kahneman uses a…
Dec 25, 2023
20 hours
Oct 05, 2023MoneyB rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Fair warning; this is an absolute tome. The first time I borrowed it I made it just a few pages in before I decided it was too heavy both literally and figuratively, and so I sent it back. A few weeks later I was feeling more up to the…
Jul 31, 2023AndrewLi07 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman is an exploration of the two systems that drive the way we think—System 1, which is fast and intuitive, and System 2, which is slow and deliberate. Kahneman, a Nobel Prize-winning psychologist,…
Jul 19, 2023wyenotgo rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Lacking even the most rudimentary knowledge of psychology, I don’t feel qualified to provide a fair assessment of this work. It probably explains several times as much about the workings of the human mind as most of us will ever need to…
Jul 07, 2023_0Lamn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"Thinking, Fast and Slow" analyzes two main systems found in the brain, the slow but precise one, and the quick and approximate one (and how this system has a tendency to try to guess coherent patterns). From this simple premise, it…
Apr 17, 2023
I picked this title up after having seen it reviewed positively, thinking it would be a fascinating, popular science page-turner. While it is undoubtedly insightful taken as a whole, it is sadly more of a slog than I was anticipating, and…
Aug 06, 2022bogwolf rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Kahneman's "Fast and Slow" from the title refers to two aspects of our reasoning - One that is fast, nearly effortless, unnoticed/subconscious, and highly attracted to a variety of rules-of-thumb that can lead to bias & error. The second…
Jun 16, 2022
Recommended by OW to learn about Unconscious Biases
May 29, 2022kwsmith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Written by a Nobel Prize winning researcher, this dense book reads much like the textbook for a survey course in Cognitive Psychology. This academic book explains why humans jump to quick conclusions based on rule-of-thumb shortcuts…
Apr 01, 2021johnulee rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was a tough slog... though the studies used to identify behaviors were very interesting, opened eyes to preconceived notions and kept me going.
Dec 14, 2020
Mary Brown
Oct 27, 2019
Going through the comments, i noticed that several commenters recommended other works about the subject, which others might find also interesting: Daniel Goleman's EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; Alan Watt's PSYCHOTHERAPY EAST AND WEST.
Aug 30, 2019Shan1944 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Kahneman compiles a broad survey of research & literature addressing the gaps between how we think and how we think we think, instinctive autonomous response vs rationalization. A continous "aha experience" for me. I've recommended it to…
Aug 10, 2019carolwu96 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The title refers to two “systems” running the mind. The first is the intuitive, auto-pilot mode that would make fast decisions and keep us alive in the wild. The second is the slower/deeper thinking that comes whenever we’re surprised,…
Jul 25, 2019pridi_o rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Absolutely profound and dense with meanings and implications. Which makes the book a slow read, not a bad thing :)
Jul 24, 2019Ray_Ho rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Powerful book, describes thinking systems 1, our automatic,least effort, reactionary, and system 2, our effort full non automatic thinking. Extremely insightful book about choices, and a book against the Rational Agent Theory.
Jun 28, 2019gaetanlion rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Exhausting. Interesting book, but clocking at 450 page, it is way too long. How many artificial cognitive tests can you bear with? 50, or a 100! Humans do not walk around with their brain pre-loaded with statistical distributions,…
May 02, 2019Whey_protein rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Thinking, Fast, and Slow is pact with knowledge of how people react in situations regarding statistics and probabilities. There is definitely a gap between what we know and how we act based on what we know. Our reactions can be quantified…
Jan 27, 2019hooppii rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Title sounded great, but the book was a very wordy. It'd have been more interesting if the author was about to shorten and get to the points a little more efficiently. Good content but it takes just about forever to get to each point and…
Nov 30, 2018imme5150 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Don't be intimidated by the size of the book, it is very well written and easy to read.
Jun 20, 2018mclarjh rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Too long, and the explanations are laboured at times.
Mar 02, 2018imaryg rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The audio book is a long slow grind, but, worth the effort. Interesting and with applicable personal insights. Kahneman is an interesting author with an unmatchable pedigree. However, a lot of what he proposes is really just common…
Feb 16, 2018AaronAardvark1940 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A well-written book, full of practical examples of the author's theory. Two weeks was not enough time to absorb everything, and there are several sections of the book I'd like to read again. I definitely need to learn more about Bayesian…