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A review by qstew
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
moderately informative, though i don't know which bits were or weren't embroiled in the replication crisis; i took each section with a pinch of salt despite a lot of it making sense. definitely pretty repetitive, but to be fair some concepts benefited from multiple anecdotes/examples. realistically, could've been ~200-250pgs if he'd cut out all the subtle flexes and humble brags.
some parts much more interesting than others (subjective, i suppose), but the prose felt like the life story intro to an internet recipe. i guess it had to be stylistically blog-esque to make it digestible for laypeople, but i get the sense that what kahneman found "funny" or "interesting" wasn't really in the same ballpark as what most people found funny. perhaps just a byproduct of 50+yrs spent in academia, perhaps just generational, perhaps just a disconnect with what the masses are into.
tl;dr: RIP to the guy tho, interesting enough read
some parts much more interesting than others (subjective, i suppose), but the prose felt like the life story intro to an internet recipe. i guess it had to be stylistically blog-esque to make it digestible for laypeople, but i get the sense that what kahneman found "funny" or "interesting" wasn't really in the same ballpark as what most people found funny. perhaps just a byproduct of 50+yrs spent in academia, perhaps just generational, perhaps just a disconnect with what the masses are into.
tl;dr: RIP to the guy tho, interesting enough read
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Classism