Jana's Reviews > Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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I found this book incredibly hard going. I had to force myself to pay attention to every new paragraph, and tired of reading within half a chapter.
It's not that Kahneman's ideas are not interesting; they are. Unfortunately they weren't new to me as I had done course work covering this topic, but a skilled writer can surely make even the most familiar subject fascinating all over again. I have read some of Kahneman and Tversky's academic papers, and they were great! So I honestly don't understand why this book was such torture to get through.
Read it if you work in a business environment and have little knowledge of behavioural economics, but good heavens, I am sure you can find something that will be actual fun to read as well as informative.
It's not that Kahneman's ideas are not interesting; they are. Unfortunately they weren't new to me as I had done course work covering this topic, but a skilled writer can surely make even the most familiar subject fascinating all over again. I have read some of Kahneman and Tversky's academic papers, and they were great! So I honestly don't understand why this book was such torture to get through.
Read it if you work in a business environment and have little knowledge of behavioural economics, but good heavens, I am sure you can find something that will be actual fun to read as well as informative.
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Reading Progress
June 3, 2012
– Shelved
November 26, 2013
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Started Reading
August 8, 2014
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Finished Reading
April 1, 2019
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non-fiction