Thinking, Fast and Slow
£14.12
- Recognize when to engage your fast or slow thinking, leading to more informed and thoughtful choices.
- Become more aware of your thought processes, helping you avoid common pitfalls in judgment.
- Balance emotional responses with logical reasoning, leading to calmer and more rational reactions in stressful situations.
- Applying slow thinking techniques, results in more effective solutions and a clearer understanding of challenges.
“It is an astonishingly rich book: lucid, profound, full of intellectual surprises and self-help value. It is consistently entertaining . . . So impressive is its vision of flawed human reason that the New York Times columnist David Brooks recently declared that Kahneman and Tversky's work ‘will be remembered hundreds of years from now,' and that it is ‘a crucial pivot point in the way we see ourselves.'”
― Jim Holt, The New York Times Book Review
“Thinking, Fast and Slow” is a landmark book that revolutionizes our understanding of how the mind works. Daniel Kahneman, a renowned psychologist and Nobel laureate, presents a wealth of groundbreaking research on judgment and decision-making.
This book introduces readers to the two systems that drive the way we think:
- System 1: Fast, intuitive, and emotional
- System 2: Slower, more deliberative, and logical
Kahneman explains how these systems shape our judgments and decisions, often leading to errors and biases. He explores various cognitive biases, such as anchoring, availability heuristic, and loss aversion, providing readers with tools to recognize and mitigate these mental traps.
Throughout the book, Kahneman uses engaging examples and thought experiments to illustrate complex concepts.
Readers will learn about:
• The impact of cognitive ease on our perceptions and judgments
• How framing affects decision-making
• The role of heuristics in problem-solving
• The influence of overconfidence on planning and forecasting
• The differences between experienced happiness and remembered happiness
“Thinking, Fast and Slow” offers practical insights that can be applied to various aspects of life, including personal finance, business strategy, and policy-making. By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of our cognitive processes, readers can make more informed decisions and avoid common pitfalls.
Kahneman’s work has had a profound impact on multiple fields, including economics, medicine, and politics. “Thinking, Fast and Slow” provides readers with the tools to recognize the biases that affect their thinking and offers strategies to engage in more deliberate and rational decision-making. This book is an invaluable resource for those who want to gain a deeper understanding of human cognition and improve their analytical skills.
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The book: "Thinking, Fast and Slow " Is perfect for:
• Psychology enthusiasts seeking to understand human behavior
• Business professionals aiming to improve decision-making skills
• Policymakers interested in the psychological factors influencing public choices
• Students of behavioral economics and cognitive science
• Anyone curious about how the mind works and eager to enhance their critical thinking abilities
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“There have been many good books on human rationality and irrationality, but only one masterpiece. That masterpiece is Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow . . . This is one of the greatest and most engaging collections of insights into the human mind I have read.”
― William Easterly, Financial Times
“I will never think about thinking quite the same. [Thinking, Fast and Slow] is a monumental achievement.”
― Roger Lowenstein, Bloomberg/Businessweek
“Brilliant . . . It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of Daniel Kahneman’s contribution to the understanding of the way we think and choose. He stands among the giants, a weaver of the threads of Charles Darwin, Adam Smith and Sigmund Freud. Arguably the most important psychologist in history, Kahneman has reshaped cognitive psychology, the analysis of rationality and reason, the understanding of risk and the study of happiness and well-being.”
― Janice Gross Stein, The Globe and Mail
“Everyone should read Thinking, Fast and Slow.”
― Jesse Singal, Boston Globe
“[Thinking, Fast and Slow] is wonderful. 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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