E-raamat: Thinking, Fast and Slow

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 compulsively readable from beginning to end... this is one of the greatest and most engaging collections of insights into the human mind I have read -- William Easterly * Financial Times * 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 * Economist * An astonishingly rich book: lucid, profound, full of intellectual surprises and self-help value. It is consistently entertaining and frequently touching * The New York Times Book Review * The godfather of behavioural science... his steely analysis of the human mind and its many flaws remains perhaps the most useful guide to remaining sane and steady -- Josh Glancy * Sunday Times * A tour de force of psychological insight, research explication and compelling narrative . . . 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 -- Christopher F. Chabris * Wall Street Journal * 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 * 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 Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan Daniel Kahneman is among the most influential psychologists in history and certainly the most important psychologist alive today...The appearance of Thinking, Fast and Slow is a major event -- Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct This book is a tour de force by an intellectual giant; it is readable, wise, and deep. Buy it fast. Read it slowly and repeatedly. It will change the way you think -- Richard Thaler, co-author of Nudge Daniel Kahneman is one of the most original and interesting thinkers of our time... 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, co-author of Freakonomics