Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

I found this book fascinating. Although it was published several years ago, I only recently read it. I was prompted to read it after I finished The Undoing Project, by Michael Lewis, which I've also reviewed here. Daniel Kahneman, the author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, is one of the two men Lewis wrote about in The Undoing Project. Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, both brilliant psychologists, formed a dynamic duo that changed forever the assumptions about the mind's decision-making process. In this book, which became a best-seller, Kahneman goes into detail about many of the theories he and Tverky developed. These theories are also discussed in The Undoing Project, but not in as much detail, as that book also focuses on the unique friendship these two men shared.

The bottom line is that I have to thank Michael Lewis for getting me interested in these incredible men and in Kahneman's book, which is both fun and thought-provoking to read. I highly recommend both books, for anyone who is interested in the human mind and how we make decisions in our daily lives. My recommendation would be to read The Undoing Project first and to then read Thinking, Fast and Slow. It's intriguing stuff. Thinking, Fast and Slow