Hidden Treasures

If a great scientist (Nobel Laureate!) Writes a book that summarizes his life's work, comes out a challenging, but not necessarily an easy to read book.
Daniel Kahneman has explored together with Amos Tversky since the 1970s, as people think, decide and plan, and thereby revolutionizing both the psychology and the economics. In this book, he is spreading his mental model. Thus, the thinking of two instances is controlled: the (what he called) system 1, it is intuitive, fast, but also prone to systematic errors, and but the system 2, the conscious, progressive, rational thought that works only slowly , can often be influenced by system 1 and is not always switched on by far, when it would be needed. Based on this model, many misinterpretations and seemingly irrational behavior can be explained and even predict.

There, there are many amazing Erkennisse in this book, some of them quite applicable in practice:
For example, a brilliantly clear and understandable explanation of "regression to the mean", a statistical law that unrecognized forms the major cause in many everyday situations.
Or the "premortem Analysis", a simple procedure can counteract groupthink and unrealistic plans with the organizations.
Or the fact not just lying on the hand that the presentation of fuel consumption in "miles per gallon" (usual long in the US) lead to biased decisions while "gallons per mile" helps a more objective choice between two cars . meet And much more.
Unfortunately, such pearls are hidden and scattered over 400 pages (this is the 60-page appendix, not counting). The reader has to wade through a lot of rather uninteresting scientific test arrangements or by stories of the past ("Amos and I ...") with little cognitive value. I was several times on the verge cancel reading, sometimes it was just too tedious and boring.

"Thinking Fast and Slow" is certainly an important, scientifically and historically well-funded work. However, if you just want to know why you often unconsciously even in places in his decisions, who can renounce scientific derivation and depth and emphasis on a more pleasurable reading, is easier to read books better advised (ZB Dobelli "The art of clear thinking "May and Rettig" I think, therefore I spin "or fawn and ink" Psycho? Logical! ").