The Art of Thinking Clearly
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Average rating3.7
Lots of rehashed content from original thinkers (Ariely, Kahneman, Tversky, Taleb, etc.) wrapped up into easy-to-digest chapters with interesting illustrative anecdotes. Although not original in terms of content, it is well-delivered, feels coherent and, if one had not already been exposed to such concepts, would serve as a decent introduction or overview.
- It's like Dobelli truly (consciously or unconsciously- it's not entirely clear) did not consider their audience to extend beyond cishet, college-educated men. While I found several of the initial theories presented interesting, Dobelli's snide side remarks grounded in 1960s western gender values + examples usually made around the stock market and business investment + his massive fan girling of Taleb all point to an inability to communicate one's ideas to those outside of one's own discourse community.
2. Several of the theories Dobelli presents, including the marshmallow experiment and the decision fatigue theory have been disproven, casting a shadow on all the other theories presented.
3. This guy just really loves stocks. Sir, these ideas seem to apply to contexts more interesting and perhaps much more important than stocks.
My first book about cognitive biases. Unfortunately, my friend borrowed it and lost it lol. We haven't talked since.
Gdybym przeczytał to w liceum - pewnie byłoby to olśnienie, wow, tyle mądrości. Niestety, od tego czasu przeczytałem kilka innych książek i ta nie robi wrażenia. Płytka i pobieżna.
Contains spoilers
Very solid book that breaks down all the different biases that we may (or may not) use in our daily conversations and interactions.
Rolf does a fantastic job at explaining each bias and gives clear cut examples. Each chapter is focused on one bias and he keeps it descriptive yet brief as to not bore you to death.
