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Thinking, Fast and Slow
- Narrated by: Patrick Egan
- Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Shortlisted for: International Author of the Year – Specsavers National Book Awards 2012
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman's pioneering work that tackles questions of intuition and rationality. Read by the actor Patrick Egan.
Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology challenging the rational model of judgment and decision making, is one of the world's most important thinkers. His ideas have had a profound impact on many fields - including business, medicine, and politics - but until now, he has never brought together his many years of research in one book.
In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and make choices. One system is fast, intuitive, and emotional; the other is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities-and also the faults and biases-of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behaviour. The importance of properly framing risks, the effects of cognitive biases on how we view others, the dangers of prediction, the right ways to develop skills, the pros and cons of fear and optimism, the difference between our experience and memory of events, the real components of happiness-each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.
Drawing on a lifetime's experimental experience, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our professional and our personal lives-and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you take decisions and experience the world.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
Editorial reviews
Nobel Prize-winning Economic Scientist Daniel Kahneman has collated all of his ground-breaking research into one essential best-selling audiobook Thinking, Fast and Slow, which has been narrated by Patrick Egan. Your entire way of thinking and decision-making will be defied after reading this book. From the way in which you form your ideas to the reasons how and why these ideas came to you in the first place. Learn more about yourself and others as you are enlightened with Kahneman’s research. Available now from Audible.
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- Torsten
- 30-09-2015
The limits of human capacity
This book takes you deep down into an understanding of how decisions are made. It challenge our understanding of every single fact that we accept as truth.
It should be a part of our education!
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- jake harris
- 05-02-2018
exceptionally thought provoking
While the audiobook is over 20hrs long, I see myself listening to it in its entirety again and again. So many thoughts provoked that I can carry and practically apply in both business and everyday life. I am recommending this to everyone I speak to.
Clean narration and really easy to following for 90% of the book, with only a few parts (around the significance of statistics) I needed to slow down and listen to twice to fully comprehend. Given the breadth of this book and amount of studies it references, I found this clarity impressive.
Nearly needed to buy an entire new journal just to jot down the great ideas from this book. Can't wait until all my friends listen and we can discuss!
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- Anonymous User
- 05-02-2018
Funny, interesting and a little scary
The clear narrator outlines some of the most useful concepts and experimental developments imaginable. For anyone who has had arguments over chores to those who care about impactful social policies, this book is a gift. Thank you.
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- Upit
- 01-12-2022
Comprehensive but a bit academic
Thorough research which could be better summarised through removal of unnecessary academic background information. Nevertheless I recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-03-2021
Long but worth it
A fascinating book about the way we think and the errors we make. Everyone should read it and learn more about human thinking.
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- Chris Hall
- 11-07-2017
Great performance and an interesting book.
A succinct book on how humans make decisions and why we are not good intuitive statisticians.
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- Aaron Munt
- 16-07-2021
Interesting but a little boring
The content especially in the first half was incredibly interesting however the Narrator was unfortunately not the easiest to listen to for 20+ hours, especially in the statistic heavy second half
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- Matthew
- 16-04-2019
great concepts but a bit of a grind
while there was good concepts, narration was dry and somewhat monotone which let it down
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-05-2020
10/10 will recommend
Lengthy listen that took me more than a month to truly understand. It was worth every minute. Loved the research & the time he took to explain every aspect of it.
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- Keagan
- 07-11-2021
A little long but very interesting.
I may be tired of the genre as I've read a lot in this space over the years, but I did find this a little hard to finish.
Having said that, it was very interesting and a must read for better understanding yourself and others. Goes hand in hand with Nudge.
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