Reviews

Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow

In the international bestseller, THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 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. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies ... Read full review

LibraryThing Review

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

LibraryThing Review

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

LibraryThing Review

A Nobel economist pulls together decades of research in psychology for a big tome with a simple point. We have two brains, one impulsive and one analytical, but both always at work. Professor Kahneman ... Read full review

If your library only has 10 books, this should be one of them. Hard to function in the world without encountering your self or others, vital to know how and why we're prone to poor decision-making.

The author and showman has just read some intro phyc books and re-wrote known facts into a presentation. Btw The search for 'Happiness" is the wrong way to go - Creativity is a far more important attribute to foster.