Thinking, Fast and Slow

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User Review - benkaboo - LibraryThing

Summary: Provocative book that suggests we are far less in control of how we think than we (or at least I) had any idea. Things I liked: Lots of evidence and experiments to back up his findings ... Read full review

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User Review - PattyLee - LibraryThing

OK, I won't lie to you. Caveats first. I was an English major and I love science. Math, not so much. A couple of the chapters near the end of the book had my eyes crossing, but I did not give up and ... Read full review

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User Review - addunn3 - LibraryThing

This is a very interesting look at how we humans think, and how we think we think! Do we always act in our best interests? Do we make rational economic decisions? Some of the ideas covered by Kahneman ... Read full review

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User Review - JohnPhelan - LibraryThing

Opportunity cost is one of the key concepts of economics; doing this means you can't do that at the same time, for example. The early part of Thinking, Fast and Slow is about how the brain economizes ... Read full review

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User Review - Patrick - Goodreads

I can see why this book is highly rated. It has a profound impact in a wide range of disciplines. Daniel made the book entertaining by involving the reader with questions taken from sample interviews ... Read full review

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User Review - Lenny - Goodreads

Incredibly informative book. You turn the last page with a much better grasp on why human beings make the decisions they do. In a confusing world full of complexity, this book fills in some very ... Read full review

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User Review - Jinay Shah - Goodreads

This book is completely all about showing how we're not thinking what we're thinking but it's somehow influenced by external stimuli. It's shows several bugs in the human reasoning. It shows that just ... Read full review

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User Review - Dan Garfield - Goodreads

Very good, but a bit too long and repetetive Read full review

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User Review - Ayesha - Goodreads

I'm pleased to say I've finished this book because there was a time I thought I wouldn't. Someone asked me last week what it was like reading this; I responded "It's like I'm at war with it ... Read full review