Review
“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
“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
“Profound
. . . As Copernicus removed the Earth from the centre of the universe
and Darwin knocked humans off their biological perch, Mr. Kahneman has
shown that we are not the paragons of reason we assume ourselves to be.”
―The Economist
“[A]
tour de force of psychological insight, research explication and
compelling narrative that brings together in one volume the high points
of Mr. Kahneman's notable contributions, over five decades, to the study
of human judgment, decision-making and choice . . . Thanks to the
elegance and force of his ideas, and the robustness of the evidence he
offers for them, he has helped us to a new understanding of our divided
minds―and our whole selves.”
―Christoper F. Chabris, The Wall Street Journal
“A major intellectual event . . . The work of Kahneman and Tversky was a crucial pivot point in the way we see ourselves.”
―David Brooks, The New York Times
“For
anyone interested in economics, cognitive science, psychology, and, in
short, human behavior, this is the book of the year. Before Malcolm
Gladwell and Freakonomics, there
was Daniel Kahneman, who invented the field of behavior economics, won a
Nobel . . . and now explains how we think and make choices. Here's an
easy choice: read this.”
―The Daily Beast
“Daniel
Kahneman is one of the most original and interesting thinkers of our
time. There may be no other person on the planet who better understands
how and why we make the choices we make. In this absolutely amazing
book, he shares a lifetime's worth of wisdom presented in a manner that
is simple and engaging, but nonetheless stunningly profound. This book
is a must read for anyone with a curious mind.”
―Steven D. Levitt, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago; co-author of Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics
“Thinking, Fast and Slow
is a masterpiece―a brilliant and engaging intellectual saga by one of
the greatest psychologists and deepest thinkers of our time. Kahneman
should be parking a Pulitzer next to his Nobel Prize.”
―Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University Professor of Psychology, author of Stumbling on Happiness, host of the award-winning PBS television series "This Emotional Life"
“This is a landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud.”
―Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan
“Daniel
Kahneman is among the most influential psychologists in history and
certainly the most important psychologist alive today. He has a gift for
uncovering remarkable features of the human mind, many of which have
become textbook classics and part of the conventional wisdom. His work
has reshaped social psychology, cognitive science, the study of reason
and of happiness, and behavioral economics, a field that he and his
collaborator Amos Tversky helped to launch. The appearance of Thinking, Fast and Slow is a major event.”
―Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of How the Mind Works and The Better Angels of our Nature
