Do you find yourself regularly frustrated by people’s irrational conduct? Are you sometimes frustrated by your own irrational conduct? Why do people so often make decisions that are so painfully obviously wrong, or at least inconsistent with their supposed values or goals? Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman has spent a few decades researching these questions, and he has a lot of thoughts on the subject. The title of the book actually gives away the basic premise of this lengthy, challenging, and absolutely fascinating read. His proposed […]

In this book, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman presents his decades of research into cognitive biases and how the mind functions. He illustrates each concept with exercises, which is helpful for understanding the ideas, although it also made the audiobook experience a little confusing. I checked out Thinking, Fast and Slow after hearing the Book Riot podcast hosts refer to it as a life-changer multiple times—they even made a podcast about it—and though I wouldn’t quite promote it to that level, it was still an interesting […]