Thinking, Fast And Slow

Hard cover. Very good quality. Finished reading first two chapters. The book essentially talks about how the mind works. This is helpful in identifying our biases and actively countering them. So definitely a read for those who are interested in understanding how does our brain impact our actions.

An amazing ready that will surely leave you knowing much more thank what you thought you knew. More important, helps you better understand how to map your circle of competence.

The paper quality very bad not original this book

The paper is so thin and poor in quality, everytime I turn a page, I'm afraid I may end up tearing it.

Book is dented, there are tearings on its spine.

This book has been referenced so many times in my recent reads that I had to re-read it. Clearly Kahneman is a deserved Nobel prize winner and he shows us exactly why. It takes courage to question rational decision making theory but Kahneman does it by getting the reader involved in the research itself. Quite a clever way to present his groundbreaking research on the role of 2 systems in processing information, the questioning of human beings in always being rational and finally diving into the complicated subject of well-being through experiences v memories. A must read for anyone interested in the field of economics, this book also underlies the importance of psychology in economics and makes one wonder why we don’t introduce the area of behavioral science in our early teachings of economics.This is however a difficult read and Kahneman could have made the book a lot shorter and still driven the same points home just as effectively.PS: he does give deserved credit throughout the book to his colleague - Amos Tversky.

The book lacks the engaging factor.Through history, writers excelled in presenting their info in an entertaining manner so that the reader could absorb and process the new info while enjoying the journey. This book looked like a mathematical piece quite uninteresting and unexpected from a Noble prize winner.Disappointed, I had to put it down after reading the first chapter.Regretted the money paid.

Poor paper

Why do people buy extended warranties that are bad value for money?Why do we marry people just because they're good in bed?Why do investors snatch small profits from winning investments whilst allowing large losses to build up in bad investments?Why do parents deny their children life saving vaccinations for fear of unproven risks?Why do we think a bird in the hand is worth two in a bush?On the whole humans are incredibly good at making bad decisions because they allow emotions and moral values to prevail over good sense and simple mathematical calculation. We make snap decisions based on our intuition (fast thinking) and often believe our intuition is superior to logic (slow thinking). For example, President Trump recently said he preferred to listen to his 'gut' than his advisors.Kahneman examines the reasons why we make bad decisions and indicates ways in which we might make better decisions - even if the better decisions make us feel uncomfortable because they are counterintuitive.My only problem with this book is that it is so laborious in places that I almost lost interest. Sometimes Kahneman goes on and on about a proposition that has (at least for me) zero interest. If he asks 'How much would you pay for a bowl of roses valued at $59?' I don't have an answer because I'm simply not interested and I don't want to know how much anyone else would pay, or why they would or wouldn't pay it. Perhaps it's just me, but I found some of the propositions too complex to bother with. But to be fair there were some chapters that had me spellbound - maybe because they touched on areas where I make bad decisions.Overall, this is an important book but spoiled by too much dense argument and irrelevant illustration. It could have contained all the salient points and been reduced to half the length without any dilution of the message.

Don't go with this product. The size of the letters are so small that, I bet, you can't read a page comfortably. I'm not saying anything about the content of the book. The paper quality of the book especially, the size of letters, is so poor that u will regret buying this book. Now it's ur choice.

Certainly the most thought provoking book I've read in a long time, so much so I've written a blog about it's conclusion and the impact on social media. More importantly how people are being manipulated on social media by people using the "techniques" outline in this book.It's not an easy book to read so not one for the beach, but push through and there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

I bought this book as I am fascinated with the general topic of the thought processes. It has sat on my bookshelf for over two years which shows either I wasn't that interested or something else was putting me off.Pick up the book and you see there are well over 400 pages using a very small type.Recently I've tried to engage with the book a couple of times but, as a reader from a non academic background, I find it impossible as it is dull to read and repeats to many of the details.Clearly a lot of people think this book is great but maybe they are coming at it from the viewpoint of an academic study.I was interested to read that the audio version is much more palatable so I may come back to that at some point in the future.

Most of the times we think fast. Then we make mistakes. Rarely, but sometimes, we do think slow. Then we get it right. There, you’ve read the book. Read this fast, think it over slowly, and skip this book.