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Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire
Episode: Daniel Kahneman on Why Our Judgment is Flawed — and What to Do About It | Episode 27
Published on January 11, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
Thinking, Fast and Slow
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He has also proven he can connect with a popular audience; his 2011 book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, was a blockbuster bestseller.
In this segment, Steve Levitt discusses Daniel Kahneman's acclaimed book, 'Thinking, Fast and Slow', highlighting its impressive achievement as a bestseller.
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?
In this segment, host Steve Levitt discusses the impact of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow', mentioning that it was a massive bestseller, and reflects on the challenges faced by author Daniel Kahneman during its writing.
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.
In this segment, Daniel Kahneman reflects on his book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow,' describing it as such a profound experience that it overshadowed everything else, leading him to seek a new intellectual endeavor like his recent work, 'Noise.'
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.
In this segment, Steve Levitt discusses the significant emphasis on utilizing behavioral economics to facilitate behavior change, which has been notably influenced by Daniel Kahneman's book, 'Thinking, Fast and Slow'.
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.
In this segment, host Steve Levitt discusses how the book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman has played a significant role in making behavioral economics accessible and influential among the general public.