Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-04-27
Books mentioned on Why Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It (Ep. 323 Replay)
Whether it’s a giant infrastructure plan or a humble kitchen renovation, it’ll inevitably take way too long and cost way too much. That’s because you suffer from “the planning fallacy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow is a popular science book by psychologist Daniel Kahneman that explores the two systems of thought that drive how we think, make choices, and perceive the world.
Discussed“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.”
Where to get it
