michael lewis new book the undoing project

How can the gut instincts of apparent experts - and all of us, for that matter - so often be so wrong? That question is what Kahneman and Tversky studied for decades. “The question is, like, ‘Why does that happen?’” If it can bring just a fraction of the insight and joy that it brought me, get it and read it.“Undervalued, for sure,” Blackstone agreed. It gave focus, perspective, and sometimes simply an enjoyable break from my own worries. Lastly, the personal effect of The Undoing Project is probably related to the fact that I read it while my son was in the NICU for 16 days.

Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, gives fantastic insights on prediction and the pursuit of quality advisors that I will keep with me for a long time. It deals with what has become another of my pet interests, Daryl Morey and basketball analytics, and it is amazing. That recommendation gave more time before the collapse and saved hundreds of lives.) Second, the opening chapter, which has nothing to do with psychology or the rest of the book, probably affected me more than anything else. (The anecdote that sticks out the most is how psychologists, when running experiments during construction of the World Trade Center towers, recommended that more beams be added so that the building didn’t sway in the wind as much. Psychologists literally change the world throughout the book.

First, it meant a lot to this amateur psychologist to see the discipline of psychology given such a platform and the far-reaching implications of experimental results. It’s not a thrill ride, but Kahneman and Tversky are so riveting as characters that it doesn’t have to be one.īeyond all of that, reading The Undoing Project had a great effect on me personally for three reasons. Every bit of it is insightful, entertaining, and meaningful. It’s about a friendship deeper than any I (and probably you) have ever experienced, a matching of wits and personalities that fiction writers could never dream up, and a professional relationship as complex and convoluted as some of the article titles they came up with. The Undoing Project is more than just about two psychologists (Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky) changing the way we think about the world. Last Christmas, I was given multiple Amazon gift cards (because honestly, what else could I want?) and the first thing I ordered was this book. So I knew from the minute I heard about it that I wanted to buy The Undoing Project as soon as I could.

Michael lewis new book the undoing project