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Thinking, Fast and Slow
- 528 pages · about 9 hours
- First published 2011
- 36 editions
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1 About this book
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a 2011 popular science book by the Israeli-American psychologist Daniel Kahneman. Its main thesis is a differentiation between two modes of thought: "System 1" is fast, instinctive and emotional; "System 2" is slower, more deliberative, and more logical.
The book delineates rational and non-rational motivations or triggers associated with each type of thinking process, and how they complement each other, starting with Kahneman's own research on loss aversion. From framing choices to people's tendency to replace a difficult question with one that is easy to answer, the book summarizes several decades of research to suggest that people have too much confidence in human judgment. Kahneman performed his own research, often in collaboration with the psychologist Amos Tversky, which enriched his experience to write the book.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Personal growth
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psychology
- Intuition
- Thought and thinking
- Reasoning
- Decision making
- Thinking
2 What to expect
A Nobel-winning psychologist's tour of the two ways we think and the biases that trip us up. Dense and rigorous, with examples and experiments that make its ideas concrete; better read a few chapters at a time.
Good for readers who want: psychology, better decisions, and a long read.
3 About Daniel Kahneman
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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