The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds

The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds

2016

Ratings59

Average rating4.1

15

I've enjoyed books by Michael Lewis and plan to read others, but this one could not hold my attention.

Chapters 1, 8, and 9 were engaging but the remaining chapters seemed to drag on without making progress toward key concepts.

When it did touch on some of Kahneman and Tversky's ideas, it seemed forced. “Buying insurance is, strictly speaking, a stupid bet.” “Gamblers accept bets with negative expected values” (which is understood by many to be risky, not rational). “Back when a ducat was a ducat.”

I had high hopes for this book but I think I would have benefited from reading Kahneman and Tversky's works directly instead.

October 7, 2018