Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2011: Drawing on
decades of research in psychology that resulted in a Nobel Prize
in Economic Sciences, Daniel Kahneman takes readers on an
exploration of what influences thought example by example,
sometimes with unlikely word pairs like "vomit and banana."
System 1 and System 2, the fast and slow types of thinking,
become characters that illustrate the psychology behind things we
think we understand but really don't, such as intuition.
Kahneman's transparent and careful treatment of his subject has
the potential to change how we think, not just about thinking,
but about how we live our lives. Thinking, Fast and Slow gives
deep--and sometimes frightening--insight about what goes on
inside our heads: the psychological basis for reactions,
judgments, recognition, choices, conclusions, and much more.
--JoVon Sotak
