Thinking, Fast and Slow

The book did have great concepts and presented most of them in a clear and meaningful way. I see how I sometimes look for a lighter cognitive load when asked difficult or abstract questions This book pointed out where I might fall into error doing that, and helps me recognize some of those errors.

The trouble lies in taking everything in the book and applying it generally to all cases. Psychology is tricky in that way, especially with the replication crises thrown into the mix, leading to erroneous conclusions that can't be replicated and/or had small sample sizes to begin with. The book itself mentioned how researchers tend to underestimate the needed sample sizes and don't perform the simple computations for the desired statistical outcome. Some research shows that some of the studies cited in the book do in fact have replicability issues.

Overall, the high level concepts are good, even if they don't apply generally to all situations. Overestimating probabilities, regression to the mean, availability heuristic, and more are concepts that give a richer view to how we think and how we can improve judgments and decision making. The author's main goal was to give people a more precise vocabulary to make better judgments and decisions, which I think he did accomplish.

I'll suspend a total judgement on the book, since this was the first time I was exposed to some of these concepts, and would like to see them under different scenarios, contexts, and circumstances; however, it was a useful book and had great insight.