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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

178 people recommended it in 66 threads, 2011–2026.

19 commenters pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.

What people on Hacker News said

mitchelldeacon9
The notion that we have limited access to the workings of our minds is difficult to accept because, naturally, it is alien to our experience, but it is true: you know far less about yourself than you feel you do.

on HN, 2022

vishnugupta
This book made me truly appreciate the value of psychology. I didn't even know the existence of a vast domain called behavioral science until I read this book. Now I'm deliberately conscious about the decisions I take and retrace my thought process multiple times just to make sure that I haven't fallen pray to some of the cognitive biases.

on HN, 2019

_jgdh
The latter helped me internalise that my thinking, like most humans, is biased. Even being aware of those biases doesn’t always help. We need to go above and beyond to overcome our biases.

on HN, 2019

misiti3780
made me think about all of the biases that my mind has that I dont even realize

on HN, 2019

t-writescode
This book discusses how we think and at what level and where some of the shortcuts we use when thinking occur and what impact they have on us.

on HN, 2024

FedorinoGore
just another reminder that my brain is a lazy bastard and information/awareness hygiene is very important

on HN, 2022

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