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In This Work The Author, A Recipient Of The Nobel Prize In Economic Sciences For His Seminal Work In Psychology That Challenged The Rational Model Of Judgment And Decision Making, Has Brought Together His Many Years Of Research And Thinking In One Book. He Explains The Two Systems That Drive The Way We Think. System 1 Is Fast, Intuitive, And Emotional; System 2 Is Slower, More Deliberative, And More Logical. He Exposes The Extraordinary Capabilities, And Also The Faults And Biases, Of Fast Thinking, And Reveals The Pervasive Influence Of Intuitive Impressions On Our Thoughts And Behavior. He Reveals Where We Can And Cannot Trust Our Intuitions And How We Can Tap Into The Benefits Of Slow Thinking. He Offers Practical And Enlightening Insights Into How Choices Are Made In Both Our Business And Our Personal Lives, And How We Can Use Different Techniques To Guard Against The Mental Glitches That Often Get Us Into Trouble. This Author's Work Has Transformed Cognitive Psychology And Launched The New Fields Of Behavioral Economics And Happiness Studies. In This Book, He Takes Us On A Tour Of The Mind And Explains The Two Systems That Drive The Way We Think And The Way We Make Choices. Two Systems. The Characters Of The Story ; Attention And Effort ; The Lazy Controller ; The Associative Machine ; Cognitive Ease ; Norms, Surprises, And Causes ; A Machine For Jumping To Conclusions ; How Judgments Happen ; Answering An Easier Question -- Heuristics And Biases. The Law Of Small Numbers ; Anchors ; The Science Of Availability ; Availability, Emotion, And Risk ; Tom W's Specialty ; Linda: Less Is More ; Causes Trump Statistics ; Regression To The Mean ; Taming Intuitive Predictions -- Overconfidence. The Illusion Of Understanding ; The Illusion Of Validity ; Intuitions Vs. Formulas ; Expert Intuition: When Can We Trust It? ; The Outside View ; The Engine Of Capitalism -- Choices. Bernoulli's Errors ; Prospect Theory ; The Endowment Effect ; Bad Events ; The Fourfold Pattern ; Rare Events ; Risk Policies ; Keeping Score ; Reversals ; Frames And Reality -- Two Selves. Two Selves ; Life As A Story ; Experienced Well-being ; Thinking About Life -- Judgment Under Uncertainty -- Choices, Values, And Frames. Daniel Kahneman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 449-481) And Index. In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow , Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilitiesand also the faults and biasesof fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacationeach of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal livesand how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking. In his mega bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation―each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions. Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives―and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Topping bestseller lists for almost ten years, Thinking, Fast and Slow is a contemporary classic, an essential book that has changed the lives of millions of readers. Introduction Two Systems The Characters of the Story Attention and Effort The Lazy Controller The Associative Machine Cognitive Ease Norms, Surprises, and Causes A Machine for Jumping to Conclusions How Judgments Happen Answering an Easier Question Heuristics and Biases The Law of Small Numbers Anchors The Science of Availability Availability, Emotion, and Risk Tom W's Specialty Linda: Less is More Causes Trump Statistics Regression to the Mean Taming Intuitive Predictions Overconfidence The Illusion of Understanding The Illusion of Validity Intuitions vs. Formulas The Outside View The Engine of Capitalism Choices Bernoulli's Errors Prospect Theory The Endowment Effect Bad Events The Fourfold Pattern Rare Events Risk Policies Keeping Score Reversals Frames and Reality Two Selves Two Selves Life as a Story Experienced Well-Being Thinking About Life Conclusions Judgment Under Uncertainty Choices, Values, and Frames Notes Acknowledgments Index Looks at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions. Why is there more chance we'll believe something if it's in a bold type face? Why are judges more likely to deny parole before lunch? Why do we assume a good-looking person will be more competent? This book enables to you make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do.