Thinking, Fast and Slow

summarised all the knowledge till date in this domain...equally good for expert and uninitiated one...best book i read after series flings with other books like preditably irrational tipping point ,black swan....MUST read for anyone interested in
wonders of human thinking and limits of understanding and

did you notive the spelling mistakes? if you didn't that's your fast thinking part of the brain! coming to the book...
Kahneman and Teversky co-founded behavioural economics in the 60's and 70's. this book is Kahneman's account of how their collaboration started, their key findings about human behaviour and how it gained acceptance -- all written in an accessible manner (btw even their journal publications --key one at the end of the book-- are accessible). reading the book would help one understand human pitfalls and perhaps make one pause before making incorrect inferences.

A good book like this helps revive interest in other books and helps one understand their content with better clarity.
Read this book in conjunction with Thaler & Sunstein's Nudge on how cognitive biases could give handles for policy makers (be it individuals, private and public organisations) to influence people. Check Tim Harford's Undercover Economist for a similar exploration.
If you have already read Gladwell's Blink you'll see that the book basically gives a lot of real world examples of the fast thinker of Kahneman.

Mr.Kahneman may have got noble prize in Economics but his work more pshycological in nature.
This book is a entry door for many of us who were not aware of Kahneman and Tversky's research.
Human Brain is the most complicated system ever known but Kahneman's two characters name System1 & system2 helps us to understand it in a better and easy way.In this book he synthesizes not only his discoveries but those of many others into a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts, illuminating a very wide range of human behavior e.g. The linda problem shows very common flow in human behavior very effectively.
Many other Authors also try to show the complicated Human behavior but the command & expertise shown by Kahneman is admirable.

Other books which also help us to understand more are as follows :
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This Book will show you how we think and decide !!!
one of the best Books in market !!!
This very well written book will enlighten and entertain the reader !!!
author "Daniel Kahneman " considered one of the most important psychologists alive today .......also he has got Nobel in Economic Sciences !!
Personally I think this is a great book because it opens a new perspective. Many human behaviors can be explained well in the "System 1 vs. System 2" framework.'
The excellent style of writing in this book makes it a very interesting and easy read. It's brilliant insight into human thinking......

Wonderful to know about aour fast impromptu respose and slow innate thinking process..Halo effect and our ignorance to statistics, Overconfidence..choices..lot of things to ponder upon..
Marvellously written..Reading daily a chapter makes my day and life..