Manish Kapgate
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I have read 4-5 psychology books by Dan Ariely, Malcolm Gladwell. Do I find something new in this books or it will be the same knowledge I learned from the previous ones I mentioned?
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Yorgo
Malcolm Gladwell isn't a psychologist and his books aren't really psychology books. He is a journalist and does a great job telling entertaining stories while at the same time teaching us some concepts, but that doesn't make his books psychology books in my opinion.
I definitely recommend reading "Thinking, fast and slow" because it is really interesting. The author, Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist, and he is the only psychologist that received a nobel price. That should tell you something about the quality of this book.
I won't say it's an easy-read, but it is certainly well explained and interesting.
I definitely recommend reading "Thinking, fast and slow" because it is really interesting. The author, Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist, and he is the only psychologist that received a nobel price. That should tell you something about the quality of this book.
I won't say it's an easy-read, but it is certainly well explained and interesting.
Raghu
Michael Gladwell is like a pop star who will surprise you with claims you cant believe. Kahneman is like a professor who will tell you things as they are. He is original and cites references where its due. This is the master book based on which many other books are written
Fluencer
Malcolm Gladwell's work is derivative, in fact, derives much from Daniel Kahneman's original work. If you liked Gladwell, you must definitely read this book.
Marek
I also read all books by Ariely and Gladwell as well and I am going through this book now. It is definitely worth reading. It is easy going book with very well structured and clear in descriptions. Many of mentioned examples and studies are familiar from the similar books but it helps to better understand of the main topic of this book.
Carlos
As a new and highly enthusiast reader of the field I believe most of the work done by today's psychologists and economists derives from the foundations laid by Kahneman and Tversky, their approach and methodology. The work of Gladwell, Grant, Frank and many others is complementary and highly valuable but if you want to go to the core of behavioral economics this is a must. If you were to put them in a spectrum Gladwell is at the anecdotal end and Kahneman at the opposite being more dense on trials and evidence.
Jason
I would definitely recommend the book because while Malcolm Gladwell's work (especially Blink), is derivative of the work of Daniel Kahneman, Kahneman believes that Gladwell's work is in some ways misrepresenting how intuition really works. It may be worth reading to since there is some divergence.
Ravi Reddy
It's an excellent book dealing with Behavioral Psychlogy. I have just finished the book. I highly recommend it.
Emma
This question is an insult to Kahneman's research tbh
Ajith Sudhakaran
If you've read Dan Ariely, you have had a glimpse of the world that behavioural economics is. It's a great place to begin. Daniel Kahneman takes you further inside that world - leaving a more lasting impact on the way you think about biases and behaviour of not just others around you but yourself. The latter is more academic with his theories so they are harder to read but gives you a deeper understanding than Dan Ariely does.
I haven't read a lot of Malcolm Gladwell - only a couple of books. Not in the same league as Dan Ariely or Kahneman and I am finding it difficult to draw a comparison here.
I haven't read a lot of Malcolm Gladwell - only a couple of books. Not in the same league as Dan Ariely or Kahneman and I am finding it difficult to draw a comparison here.
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Malcolm Gladwell had been amazing in his writes, "Thinking' i s highly recommended, meanwhile checking on professional courses in nigeria
Mark Reynolds
But much of what Gladwell writes is just wrong. I would skip his work in favor of Kahneman. In fact, I would go further and suggest you should read some of Kahneman and Tversky's original papers. They are excellent.
Danny
I also read all books by Ariely and Gladwell as well and I am going through this book now. It is definitely worth reading. It is easy going book with very well structured and clear in descriptions. Many of mentioned examples and studies are familiar from the similar books but it helps to better understand of the main topic of this book.Recruitment Beam
Sophy H
This to me was not a psychology book at all. Its more like an economics and business studies text book. Don't bother.
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