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By: Daniel Kahneman
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The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking.

Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Examining how both systems function within the mind, Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities as well as the biases of fast thinking and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and our choices. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, he shows where we can trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking, contrasting the two-system view of the mind with the standard model of the rational economic agent.

Kahneman's singularly influential work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this path-breaking book, Kahneman shows how the mind works, and offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and personal lives--and how we can guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble.

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“A tour de force. . . Kahneman’s book is a must read for anyone interested in either human behavior or investing. He clearly shows that while we like to think of ourselves as rational in our decision making, the truth is we are subject to many biases. At least being aware of them will give you a better chance of avoiding them, or at least making fewer of them.” (Larry Swedroe, CBS News)
“A major intellectual event . . . The work of Kahneman and Tversky was a crucial pivot point in the way we see ourselves.” (David Brooks, The New York Times)
“[Thinking, Fast and Slow] is wonderful, of course. To anyone with the slightest interest in the workings of his own mind, it is so rich and fascinating that any summary would seem absurd.” (Michael Lewis, Vanity Fair)
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the book gives a great overview about the scientific works of the author. it's a superb introduction into the psychology behind our daily thoughts, opinions and decisions. the author provides ideas, vocabulary and very numerous examples of how or thinking works.
one of the very few books I would recommend reading/listening to people around me.

great book!

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The author is clearly very competent in the topic and all the thesis are backed up by numerous examples and researches made by both himself and the others. It is also an extremely interesting domain and especially for those not familiar with it, might be a mind-blowing experience - proving that our thinking is often biased and far more faulty then expected, plus greatly affected by the current context and therefore easy to manipulate.

However, the books as well comes with a lot of personal digressions, stories, explanation of authors relations with the other scientists and everything else that for me is just unnecessary and makes this book far too long for its content. You can easily skip some random parts of it and be sure that the same topic will be fully repeated again and again later on.

As long as most of the proofs are convincing, I was a bit uncomfortable with some assumptions taken and with the author's attitude to his critics, which he IMO tends to not treat seriously. Also if the theories are taken seriously... they could actually put in doubts any social science including that in the book.. as it's just so biased and exposed to self-imposed interpretations... Last, but not least I am probably not the only one unhappy with the naming of the 'system 1 and system 2' being a bit infantile and bizarre,

Anyway, it's worth going through it, especially if you consider yourself fully rational, do science, are involved in any kind of marketing or just want to know, why you are so easily manipulated.

Notable content, but poorly presented and verbose

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This is an outstanding book with tons of useful and surprising ideas about the way we make decisions. A must read!! Simply brilliant!

One of the very best books in this domain.

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Excellent et visionnaire sur notre façon de penser et les errements de la décision instinctive.

Par contre, l'audio référence souvent des tableaux, dessins ou exercices "dans le pdf" Un support papier est donc nécessaire à la bonne compréhension du propos, mais bien sûr manquant avec Audible. Préférez le livre! (que j'ai fini par acheter aussi pour mieux suivre)

Livre fascinant, audiolivre raté

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Livre riche en enseignements, les exemples aident a comprendre les propos de l'auteur. le texte est cependant dense et peut parfois paraître redondant. La lecture est claire et agréable y compris à vitesse plus élevée. Un problème cependant, le narrateur fait référence à des courbes ou schémas qui ne semble pas accessibles dans Audible, ais-je loupé quelque chose ? Les descriptions de problèmes basés sur des données numériques sont difficiles a suivre et mériteraient un support visuel également.

Intéressant mais il manque des supports visuels.

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