Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2026-02-10
Books mentioned on How Cognitive Biases Work
Humans have all sorts of weird quirks that cause us to do silly things and make bad decisions. It’s not our fault though.
Josh Clark discussed Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely and Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Predictably Irrational
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely is a behavioral economics book that investigates the hidden psychological forces and cognitive biases shaping human decision-making and consumer pricing.
Discussed“Well, one of the big problems that we all kind of face is that they we are um uh we're predictably irrational. Yeah. As was said by Dan Arieli who is a uh um behavioral economist.”
Where to get it
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a seminal book exploring the two systems of thought that drive human decision-making: the fast, intuitive system and the slow, logical system.
Discussed“Daniel Conorman came out with thinking fast and slow which was one of those super popular airport books, you know. Yeah. Thinking, fast and slow. Yes. Thank you.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Eats, Shoots & Leaves
“Uh eat shoots and leaves. That's right.”