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Friday 26 June 2020

Thinking Fast and Slow - Some Lessons

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So, I completed reading Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman and I have got some lessons which might be worthwhile for all of us.


The author states that we have two processes for processing the problems, the first one is fast and reflex which is fast thinking i.e 2+2 whenever asked would prompt simple answer of 4 but the Slow Thinking is when we don't have answers at hand i.e 13*27 and we can't answer it abruptly without calculations.

The author had detailed at length as to how our biases and preconceived notions about different concepts affect our judgment about different issues.

He has also clarified that instead of human judgment, calculations based on formulas are more accurate. He mentions about the delivery cases and says that evena  formula can determine about the chances of survival and well being of babies instead of the judgment about the same thing by a human being.

Daniel Kahneman has stated through data that even married and unmarried people are happy by the same amount because if you are married, you enjoy the pleasure of partner and kids but sacrifice the company of friends.

On the other hand, if you are unmarried, you do have a lot of time for friends and so you garner your happiness through this social bank.

Through a series of experiments, he has explained as to how our brain functioning affects our judgment and we jump to conclusions based on our fast thinking processing of problems and challenges.

The book also involves some of the terms of psychology and it needs to be read with due attention. Its a comprehensive book which hinges on statistics and data extraction and the author has relied more on the data collection and then the hypothesis built on the basis of that instead of making judgments based on his personal biases.

"Thinking Fast and Slow" also delineates upon how marketing plays with our minds and how we are tuned to making judgment abased on the stereotypes. 

With charts and graphs and images, the author has tried to explain the delicate concepts of psychology and has connected them with our daily lives so we can connect with the concept being discussed.


It's a good read if you are interested about delving deep into your mind and trying to gauge what eclipses your judgment and how do you make decisions.



If you love reading more about psychology, do read this one as it is detailed and on point, bolstered by statistics and data.