Book · 2016 · Neurosciences
The undoing project
A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
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- people
- 8
- podcasts
- 5
- episodes
- 11
- critical mentions
- 0
My uh second recommendation is the undoing project by Michael Lewis I love this book because it relates one of the greatest collaborations in the history of psychology between Daniel Conan and Amos tersi so Conan and tersi had very different personalities and it wasn't just their friendship but it was also their conflicts that just led to some of.
What they say about it
- Collaboration between Kahneman and Tversky5
- Behavioral economics and decision making“foundational contributions to the field of behavioral economics”2
The best things said about it
There's a great book by Michael Lewis called the undoing project that's about the relationship between Danny Conaman and Amoski, but also the ways in which the field evolved that I think is like pretty profound and a great story.
The first is the undoing project by Michael Lewis this book describes the friendship between Conan and tersi two researchers who've made foundational contributions to the field of behavioral economics.
The Undoing Project is a portrait of two men who came together to rewrite many of the assumptions about how people think and make decisions.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2024 And also to ask Danny how he felt about Michael Lewis's book The undoing project which tells the story of K and T's partnership in a very intimate and personal way.
Steve Levitt People I (Mostly) Admire · Apr 2024 Excellent book is called the undoing project about Danny Kahneman and amosversky was the seed for that sort of planted in writing Moneyball.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Nov 2022 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction book that explores the profound intellectual partnership and friendship between psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose groundbreaking work laid the foundation for behavioral economics. The book was enthusiastically recommended by multiple guests on The Ezra Klein Show, including Natasha Sarin, Kimberly Clausing, and Dr. Gloria Mark, all of whom praised it as a brilliant narrative about one of the greatest scientific collaborations in history. John Williams also discussed reading the release on The Book Review. On Conversations with Tyler, Ian Leslie referenced the work to draw striking parallels between the dynamic shared by Kahneman and Tversky and other legendary creative pairings like John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Additionally, Gilbert Cruz featured Michael Lewis on The Book Review to discuss the core themes of the publication and how these researchers fundamentally changed our understanding of human decision-making and cognitive biases. Across these discussions, speakers emphasized how the narrative beautifully bridges complex psychological concepts with a deeply engaging human story of friendship, intellectual friction, and lasting scientific discovery.
Every mention
Dr Gloria Mark my uh second recommendation is the undoing project by Michael Lewis 2
Recommended
“my uh second recommendation is the undoing project by Michael Lewis I love this book because it relates one of the greatest collaborations in the history of psychology between Daniel Conan and Amos tersi so Conan and tersi had very different personalities and it wasn't just their friendship but it was also their conflicts that just led to some of”
Recommended
“my uh second recommendation is the undoing project by Michael Lewis”
John Williams uh I am reading the new book by Michael Lewis which I'm sure everyone has heard about called the undoing pr… 1
Recommended
“uh I am reading the new book by Michael Lewis which I'm sure everyone has heard about called the undoing project”
Kimberly Clausing the first is the undoing project by Michael Lewis this book describes the friendship between Conan and ters… 1
Recommended
“the first is the undoing project by Michael Lewis this book describes the friendship between Conan and tersi two researchers who've made foundational contributions to the field of behavioral economics”
Natasha Sarin There's a great book by Michael Lewis called the undoing project that's about the relationship between Dann… 1
Recommended
“There's a great book by Michael Lewis called the undoing project that's about the relationship between Danny Conaman and Amoski, but also the ways in which the field evolved that I think is like pretty profound and a great story.”
Stephen Dubner influenced Michael Lewis's book The undoing project is a portrait of two men who came together to rewrite m… 5
Discussed
“his latest book May pose the biggest challenge yet it is called the undoing project and it's about a pair of academics in a room alone for a few decades writing papers”
Discussed
“the undoing project the title of Michael Lewis's book was also the name of the last project that derski and conman worked on together”
Discussed
“influenced Michael Lewis's book The undoing project is a portrait of two men who came together to rewrite many of the assumptions about how people think and make decisions”
Discussed
“excellent book is called the undoing project about Danny Kahneman and amosversky was the seed for that sort of planted in writing Moneyball”
Discussed
“Michael Lewis's book The undoing project was about the Kahneman taversky partnership and their research”
Steve Levitt and also to ask Danny how he felt about Michael Lewis's book The undoing project which tells the story of K… 4
Discussed
“and also to ask Danny how he felt about Michael Lewis's book The undoing project which tells the story of K and T's partnership in a very intimate and personal way”
Discussed
“so the author Michael Lewis wrote a book published in 2016 called the undoing project which is the story of your remarkable collaboration with Amos triski”
Discussed
“and also to ask Danny how we felt about Michael Lewis's book The undoing project which tells the story of Conor mcbrisky's partnership in a very intimate and personal way”
Discussed
“Michael Lewis wrote a book published in 2016 called the undoing project which is the story of your remarkable collaboration with Amos trisky”
Gilbert Cruz his latest book is called the undoing project a friendship that changed our minds 2
Discussed
“he'll be here to talk about his new book The undoing project”
Discussed
“his latest book is called the undoing project a friendship that changed our minds”
Ian Leslie If you read Michael Lewis's book The Undoing Project, as I have, the the similarities are just too strong t… 1
Discussed
“If you read Michael Lewis's book The Undoing Project, as I have, the the similarities are just too strong to ignore.”
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Other mentions (9: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball, Liars Poker, The Blind Side, The Undoing Project, Going Infinite, on and on and on.”
Plugged
“What I'm thinking of in my head is Conoran interverski that I wrote a book called the undoing project and and and you could see if you could see two people and then it got me thinking about collaboration”
Plugged
“my first step in answering that question is I think that people first place um red badge of courage you know not of course that this Danny Conaman used to love the psychologist who I wrote about in the doing project used to love this story as an example of what he thought was true that behavior so context dependent”
Passing
“that was an interview with Michael Lewis about the book he wrote on the Conan tersi partnership Lewis's book is called the undoing project a friendship that changed our minds”
Passing
“Lewis's book is called 'The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds.'”
Plugged
“it was a quote from one of my characters Amos tki he's a one of the main characters in the in the undoing project”
Passing
“in 2016 the journalist Michael Lewis told the Conan derski story in his book The undoing project a friendship that changed our minds we spoke with Lewis about that book when it was published”
Passing
“The writer Michael Lewis, for instance. Among his books are The Big Short, Moneyball, and The Undoing Project.”
Passing
“The two of them were the subject of Michael Lewis's book, The Undoing Project, which Lewis discussed on this program in an episode called The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution.”