Why people recommend it
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a landmark exploration of cognitive biases, decision-making, and the dual systems of thought that govern the human mind. David Robertson mentioned on Conversations with Tyler that he assigns the book to his students, while Ginger on ChooseFI credited Daniel Kahneman with having a massive influence on her life and perspective. Sheldon Johnson and Josh Dubin both enthusiastically recommended the book on The Joe Rogan Experience as a phenomenal read for understanding the mechanics of the brain. Tom Hardin noted on The Jordan Harbinger Show that the book helped him understand the psychological drivers behind his actions after the FBI recommended it to him. Ben Gilbert named the work a classic on Acquired for overturning conventional wisdom on how people perceive the world, Angela Duckworth lauded Kahneman's insights on No Stupid Questions, and Coach Carson mentioned bringing the book along as an essential travel item on ChooseFI.
Who recommended it
- Steve Levitt Discussed
- Angela Duckworth Recommended
- Chris Williamson Recommended
- Josh Clark Discussed
- Daniel Kahneman Discussed
- Jordan Harbinger Discussed
- Chris Voss Discussed
- Annie Duke Recommended
- Stephen Dubner Discussed
- Jim Mullane Discussed
- Lex Fridman Recommended
- David Robertson Recommended
- Josh Dubin Recommended
- Joe Rogan Recommended
- George Mack Discussed
- Tom Hardin Recommended
- Ben Gilbert Recommended
- David Perell Discussed
- Ali Abdaal Discussed
- Rob Henderson Discussed
- Chad Carson Recommended
- Noam Sobel Discussed
- Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Discussed
- Max Tegmark Discussed
- Iain McGilchrist Discussed
- Alex O’Connor Discussed
- Stuart Ritchie Discussed
- Tristan Harris Discussed
- Matjaž Leonardis Discussed
- Daniel Goleman Recommended
- Adam Savage Discussed
- Bryan Callen Discussed
Steve Levitt — 13 mentions
“It's what Danny Conorman calls system one versus system two thinking. Can you explain to someone why those two modes of thinking matter? Reading Danny Conaman's book, Thinking Fast and Slow, really was just a life-changing experience for me and so many other people”
“Take the example of Danny Conorman. He's the hugely influential founder of behavioral economics and the author of Thinking Fast and Slow.”
“He proved he could connect with a popular audience as well; his 2011 book Thinking, Fast and Slow was a blockbuster bestseller.”
“so it's been roughly a decade since Thinking Fast and Slow was published and even though that book turned out to be a massive bestseller I still can't believe you wrote another book because I remember it practicly killed you right in the last one wasn't it Torture”
“So, it's been roughly a decade since Thinking, Fast and Slow was published, and even though that book turned out to be a massive bestseller, I still can't believe you wrote another book.”
“I think because of books like Thinking, Fast and Slow, you've managed to convince laypeople that behavioral economics is the most powerful tool one has ever encountered.”
“books like thinking fast and slow which is Danny's popular book have managed to convince lay people that behavioral economics is the most powerful tool one has ever encountered”
“and yet most consumers food is systems one thinking this concept from Daniel kahneman's book thinking fast and slow”
“He has also proven he can connect with a popular audience; his 2011 book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, was a blockbuster bestseller.”
“so it's been roughly a decade since Thinking Fast and Slow was published and even though that book turned out to be a massive bestseller I still can't believe you wrote another book”
“It's been roughly a decade since Thinking, Fast and Slow was published, and even though that book turned out to be a massive bestseller, I still can't believe you wrote another book because I remember the last one practically killed you, right?”
“So, you know, there's come to be a tremendous focus on using behavioral economics to create behavior change, to get either yourself to do something you don't want to do or get someone else to do something they don't want to do, whether it's the UK Nudge Unit or Angela Duckworth and Katie Milkman with their behavior change for good.”
“I think because of books like Thinking, Fast and Slow, you've managed to convince laypeople that behavioral economics is the most powerful tool one has ever encountered.”
Angela Duckworth — 13 mentions
“that's why Danny called his bestselling book thinking fast and slow because thinking fast is using system one and thinking slow is using system two”
“That's why Danny called his bestselling book Thinking, Fast and Slow, because thinking fast is using system one and thinking slow is using system two.”
“she actually refers to system one and system two thinking I think you're pretty familiar with this idea from Danny Conan”
“as written about in the great Danny conoman Thinking Fast and Slow he's so great Danny Conan he is”
“but Danny conman did write a great book too you know thinking fast and slow and in the book Dany talks about priming research”
“Yeah, no, I think they're wrong. But Daniel Kahneman did write a great book too, you know, Thinking, Fast and Slow.”
“one of the things that some readers took from Thinking Fast and Slow was the idea that priming was really important”
“You know, one of the things that some readers took from Thinking, Fast and Slow was the idea that priming was really important. But what then happened after Daniel Kahneman published Thinking, Fast and Slow was that there was a huge controversy about whether it was true.”
“It's one of Danny Kahneman's inventions, but has gotten less attention than, like, Thinking, Fast and Slow and cognitive biases and so forth. I've absolutely heard of it; I think it's a fascinating concept!”
“by the way people read thinking fast and slow and they watch a TED Talk and I think that we are actually newly aware of these evolutionarily explicable quirks of human reasoning”
“And as you've taught us all here via Danny Kahneman, I guess we do have this appetite for coherence, right? This is one of my major take-homes from Danny Kahneman. I know everyone thinks about thinking fast and slow and judgment decision-making and biases and heuristics, but I think one of his core insights is that human beings have certain”
“this is one of my major take-homes from Danny Kahneman I know everyone thinks about thinking fast and slow and judgment decision making and biases and heuristics”
“dunning-kruger reminds me of something that Danny Kahneman wrote in his book thinking comma fast and slow which is a line I really love”
Chris Williamson — 9 mentions
“So uh, Daniel Kahneman got super famous for this work; they got people to do, I think it was like colonoscopies or endoscopies or something, and they were able to track how long someone had been under this procedure and the amount of movement of the camera or whatever; more movement of the camera would mean more discomfort, so that”
“if I can recite thinking fast and slow all of my problems will be turns out that that doesn't particularly work”
“daniel kahneman that wrote thinking fast and slow he was on stage with sam harris five or six years ago”
“so let's think about the system one versus system two thinking or the fast and slow from daniel kahneman the explore versus exploit that james clear talks about in atomic habits”
“anybody that's read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman knows this you've got the instinctive response which is you system-1 and then you've got the slower more considered response”
“some of your listeners might be familiar with Daniel Kahneman best-selling book thinking faster slow now”
“You know, just go back through thinking fast and slow and start just picking up Daniel Kahneman quotes and studies.”
“but for me personally I find it's a bit of an open loop when I've got a book that so Thinking Fast and Slow is a perfect example”
“for me personally I find it's a bit of an open loop when I've got a book that so Thinking Fast and Slow is a perfect example”
Josh Clark — 2 mentions
“Uh Daniel Conorman, he was a Nobel already a Nobel Prize winning um economist. Uh he wrote thinking fast and slow and it was essentially an introduction to um nudge economics and priming for the for the the average person. And it was a huge bestseller.”
“Daniel Conorman, he was a Nobel already a Nobel Prize winning economist. He wrote thinking fast and slow and it was essentially an introduction to nudge economics and priming for the for the the average person. And it was a huge bestseller.”
Daniel Kahneman — 2 mentions
“Oh, I mean, Thinking, Fast and Slow was such an experience that after that, I had forgotten everything that was not in the book, so I really needed a new thing, and Noise was quite new.”
“Oh, I mean, Thinking, Fast and Slow was such an experience that after that, I had forgotten everything that was not in the book, so I really needed a new thing and Noise was quite new.”
Jordan Harbinger — 2 mentions
“That stuff tends to make for good sound bites and go further, and this is sort of Daniel Kahneman’s system one thinking.”
“and you know it has made its way into loads of really popular books including by really reliable and respected people like daniel kahneman there's loads of stuff in thinking fast and slow”
Chris Voss — 2 mentions
“And the answer is secondary because the how or what question causes what we would refer to as deep thinking, slow thinking. Daniel Kahneman, behavioral economics, 'Thinking Fast and Slow.' Slow thinking is in-depth thinking.”
“you know what kahneman would has talked about in his book thinking fast and slow pondering he would call slow thinking in-depth thinking where you really think about stuff”
Annie Duke — 2 mentions
“as I was looking around the space I realized that there's kind of a gap in this literature that's you know I would say thinking fast and slow is like the center piece of this literature which is such obviously an incredible book that everybody should read”
“I realized that like I needed some more how and as I was looking around the space I realized that there's kind of a gap in this literature that's you know I would say thinking fast and slow is like the center piece of this literature which is such obviously an incredible book that everybody should read”
Stephen Dubner — 2 mentions
“and I know that Danny Kahneman wrote about what Nasim Talib calls the narrative fallacy and Danny wrote about that in Thinking Fast and Slow he wrote”
“you may be familiar with system 1 and system two from the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman”
Jim Mullane — 2 mentions
“I'll tell you what is a terrible audiobook to listen to Thinking Fast and Slow that's it's a challenging read if you actually sit down and read it too”
“Thinking Fast and Slow that's it's a challenging read if you actually sit down and read it too it's challenging regardless how you consume it”
Lex Fridman — 2 mentions
“he's the author of the popular book Thinking Fast and Slow that summarizes in an accessible way his research of several decades often in collaboration with Amos Tversky a cognitive biases prospect theory and happiness”
“in your book Thinking Fast and Slow you described two modes of thoughts as the one the fast instinctive an emotional one is system to the slower deliberate logical one”
David Robertson — 1 mention
“I make them read uh someone that you've had on the uh podcast before, Daniel Conan, drinking fast and slow.”
Josh Dubin — 1 mention
“look I've been reading I've been reading this book called Thinking Fast and Slow have you heard it's a [ __ ] phenomenal but I I highly recommend it”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
“Look, I've been reading this book called Thinking, Fast and Slow. It's a [__] phenomenal. I highly recommend it.”
George Mack — 1 mention
“so this is a quote from Amos tersi who was Daniel canan's writing partner on thinking fast and slow and when you hear it it's like as a writer like why didn't I write that that is so good”
Tom Hardin — 1 mention
“And um, yeah, I wasn't ready to go talk about it, or I didn't understand why I did what I did until I spoke at the FBI and they're like, "Go read this!" You know, Daniel Kahneman! He... he got a Nobel Prize about this stuff!”
Ben Gilbert — 1 mention
“my third one is a classic Thinking Fast and Slow by kman and tersi it's just everything you think you know about the way your brain perceives the world and how you make decisions is wrong”
David Perell — 1 mention
“I just read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel kman”
Ali Abdaal — 1 mention
“I just read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Here's a summary of my key highlights, a thread. That kind of stuff. And they'll get millions and millions of views.”
Rob Henderson — 1 mention
“well yeah so so I think that we we we fall prey to um so so in that the classic psychology book Thinking Fast and Slow Daniel conman coined this term”
Chad Carson — 1 mention
“what is this that's like my Splurge you know that's awesome”
Noam Sobel — 1 mention
“I took advice, so I'm not that, that, uh, I'm friends with him, but that time I was communicating a bit because we were on some board with with uh Daniel Kahneman, who's’s Nobel 'Fast and Slow.'”
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz — 1 mention
“Thomas picketty's book on Capital and Daniel kahneman's book thinking fast and slow and he found that the rate at which sentences were underlined dramatically decreased towards the end of the books I think there were three percent as many underlying lines at the end of thing fast and slow is at the beginning of thing fast and slow”
Max Tegmark — 1 mention
“If you read Kahneman with System One and System Two, it's very clear that you want to use your System Two, your deliberative reasoning thinking, to decide your diet before you go to the supermarket rather than just impulse buying random things that come in front of you because you always shop hungry or something like that.”
Iain McGilchrist — 1 mention
“because interestingly in uh thinking fast thinking slow there's a passage where dan kahneman says some things that struck me as very odd”
Alex O’Connor — 1 mention
“daniel kahneman that wrote thinking fast and slogan asked by sam harris on stage”
Stuart Ritchie — 1 mention
“and you know it has made its way into loads of really popular books including by really reliable and respected people like daniel kahneman there's loads of stuff in thinking fast and slow his his like ultra popular and really good”
Tristan Harris — 1 mention
“i talked to daniel kahneman who wrote the he's like the founder of behavioral economics he wrote the book thinking fast and slow if you know that one”
Matjaž Leonardis — 1 mention
“so there is this famous experiment i think it was popularized by uh daniel kahneman in his book thinking fast and slow”
Daniel Goleman — 1 mention
“you know there's that a wonderful book Thinking Fast and Slow by Rani Connor man right”
Adam Savage — 1 mention
“my father was in therapy for his whole life and read deeply about the philosophy I'm thinking it talked about that”
Bryan Callen — 1 mention
“that's the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Conan oh yeah”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 9
“well I love the idea of doing a follow-up on this because sincerely I would love to go into all of the books that I love and encourage people to read those books but for now I will say that Daniel Conor women has had a huge influence in my life and partly because of his work but also because”
“but that's why that's think and thinking that's why you got to go to therapy and and have professionals just walk you through like hey hey let's help you see yourself the world and how you fit into it more clearly”
“He became famous for his 2011 book Thinking, Fast and Slow, but it was his decades of earlier research, much of it done with his collaborator Amos Tversky, that revolutionized not only psychology but helped create the field of behavioral economics.”
“in the first half of the show Angela references a priming experiment that Daniel Conan described in his 2011 best-selling book Thinking Fast and Slow”
“For instance, there's a famous social science theory called prospect theory. Is the model replicating that because it can replicate human behavior or did it just read Kahneman's book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow'? This fundamental issue persists in our field, which necessitates a lot of work to resolve.”
“so I think I purchased the book um Thinking Fast and Slow by he's a psychologist named Daniel Condon I think or can that I can't pronounce it it was really I brought that book with me I had to like that was one of the toughest decisions I had coming to Ecuador”
“Right, well, my thinking on this has been guided by a distinction drawn by Kahneman and Tversky between two types of thinking: one being an inside approach and the other being an outside approach. The inside approach involves really focusing on the case at hand and trying to work out the details of that unique case.”
“You may be familiar with system 1 and system two from the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman”
“Some of your listeners might be familiar with Daniel Kahneman best-selling book thinking faster slow”
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“In 2011 he published a popular book called Thinking Fast and Slow.”
“and the Nobel La Daniel Conan who wrote Thinking Fast and Slow was there and someone asked”
“so Daniel um Conan off author of thinking uh fast and slow”
“Conan himself had a book a few years ago called Thinking Fast and Slow which was on our 10 best books of the year list that year — which I'm also sort of Dipping into”
“Kahneman was a phenomenally influential psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics, wrote the best-selling book Thinking, Fast and Slow, and left behind an army of collaborators, mentees, and admirers.”
“Our email is [email protected]. Coming up next time on the show, Daniel Kahneman is perhaps best known as the author of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow,' but he also helped revolutionize the fields of both psychology and economics, and his influence has been enormous.”
“I recently came upon the No Stupid Questions podcast and would love to hear your thoughts on the importance of semantics, especially in relation to the idea of priming as written about in the great Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow.”
“it's one of Danny Conan's inventions but has gotten less attention than like thinking fast and slow and cognitive biases and so forth”
“I'm hoping his editor is kind of like thinking fast and slow yeah”
“And by the way, people read Thinking, Fast and Slow and they watch a TED Talk, and I think that we are actually newly aware of these evolutionarily explicable quirks of human reasoning.”
“Having spent time around Danny Kahneman, a Nobel Laureate in behavioral economics, I once asked him how he could spend his life studying decision-making while being terrible at it.”
“his 2011 book Thinking Fast and Slow was a blockbuster bestseller”
“This ties in with the way that the brain works as well Anybody that's read Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman knows this You've got the instinctive response which is you system-1 And then you've got the slower more considered response which is number two”
“so I would read a lot of pop psychology books from back in the day wisdom of crowds Thinking Fast and Slow all those books”
“so I would read a lot of pop psychology books from back in the day wisdom of crowds Thinking Fast and Slow all those books are we now you know”
“Tommy you got a new pod save the world and Dan you got a book that will save democracy”
“he's the author of the popular book Thinking Fast and Slow that summarizes in an accessible way his research of several decades”