Episode · Lenny's Podcast · 2024-05-02

Lenny Rachitsky & Annie Duke: books mentioned on Lenny's Podcast

This will make you a better decision-maker | Annie Duke (author of “Thinking in Bets” and “Quit,” former pro poker player)

1 book · With Annie Duke · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Annie Duke is a former professional poker player, a decision-making expert, and a special partner at First Round Capital.

Annie Duke discussed Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman · at 5:05

    Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a landmark exploration of human psychology that contrasts the intuitive, emotional system one mind with the deliberate, logical system two mind to explain cognitive biases and errors in judgment.

    Discussed
    “I got asked uh in a class that I was teaching about um thinking fast and slow and someone was talking about you know how there's a lot of uh studies in there”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Quit
“Annie is the author of the bestselling book thinking in bets and also her more recent book quit the power of knowing when to walk away”
Passing Thinking in Bets
“Annie is the author of the bestselling book thinking in bets and also her more recent book quit the power of knowing when to walk away”
Passing Thinking in Bets
“Venture firms you know who are interested in talking to me sort of post thinking and Bets having come out”
Passing Quit
“so we didn't have time to get into quitting which is your more recent book maybe we'll do a follow-up episode specifically thinking about quitting”