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by vchynarov 1252 days ago
I’m constantly astonished “Thinking Fast and Slow” is so highly recommended - I question if the advocates actually read the book in depth.

I remember reading most of the book and skipping a couple of chapters. While the results and ideas are great, I feel most of the chapter is the historical background, Ie “Tversky and I were doing this in the 60s …” It could be heavily reduced and still get the point across.

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At least Fast and Slow had half a dozen concepts. Well, imagine that Noise is also book sized, but only has one concept to present.