I mentioned Daniel Kahneman's new book, Thinking fast and slow, a few days ago. Jim Holt reviews it in the Sunday Book Review for the New York Times. His conclusion?
By the time I got to the end of "Thinking, Fast and Slow," my skeptical
frown had long since given way to a grin of intellectual satisfaction.
Appraising the book by the peak-end rule, I overconfidently urge
everyone to buy and read it. But for those who are merely interested in
Kahneman's takeaway on the Malcolm Gladwell question it is this: If
you've had 10,000 hours of training in a predictable, rapid-feedback
environment -- chess, firefighting, anesthesiology -- then blink. In all
other cases, think.
There's a lot packed into that paragraph. To understand why he mentions a frown, overconfidence, 10,000 hours, and blink, you'll have to read the book. I've only made it through three chapters, but I overconfidently recommend it.
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