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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

Published 2011·432 pages
Engineering ManagementCareer Development
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Who Should Read This

Leaders who make important decisions under uncertainty. Anyone who wants to understand cognitive biases that affect judgment — both their own and their team's.

What's Inside

Part I: Two Systems

1. The Characters of the Story (System 1 and System 2)

2. Attention and Effort

3. The Lazy Controller

Part II: Heuristics and Biases

4. The Anchoring Effect

5. The Science of Availability

6. Causes Trump Statistics

Part III: Overconfidence

7. The Illusion of Understanding

8. The Engine of Capitalism

Part IV: Choices

9. Prospect Theory

10. The Endowment Effect

Part V: Two Selves

11. Life as a Story

12. Thinking About Life

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