Thinking, Fast and Slow

Why I'd hand it to you

Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics, explains how our minds run on two systems: a fast, intuitive one and a slow, deliberate one. He shows how the fast system leads us into predictable errors in judgment, money and planning, based on decades of research with his partner Amos Tversky. It is a book that can change how you make decisions. It is also dense and long, and many readers never finish it. Some studies it cites, especially on priming, didn't hold up when repeated, which Kahneman himself acknowledged. Read a chapter at a time and it pays off.

— Matt Jordan