Thinking, Fast and Slow
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 esse
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Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman lays out four decades of work with Amos Tversky on the two systems of human thought: fast intuitive System 1 and slow deliberate System 2.
Thinking, Fast and Slow was written by Daniel Kahneman and published in 2011. Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 (the first non-economist to do so). He died in 2024.
Largely yes, with caveats. Thinking, Fast and Slow synthesizes Daniel Kahneman's career research with Amos Tversky on judgment and decision-making. Some specific studies have not replicated, and Kahneman publicly acknowledged the priming research section in particular has been challenged. The core framework remains foundational.
Thinking, Fast and Slow is 528 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Thinking, Fast and Slow takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a standalone novel by Daniel Kahneman, not part of a series.
Thinking, Fast and Slow is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.