Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) is well known. It's a book about decision-making from the perspective of cognitive psychology. It summarises the research of both Kahneman and the late Amos Tversky. It aims to enrich the "proverbial office water-cooler" discussions where "opinions are shared and gossip exchanged." Kahneman hopes that it will allow us to survey our judgments and decision-making, and, importantly, identify the problems which arise when we make judgments or decisions. Like a decision-making doctor we will be able to label diseases, know symptoms, understand antecedents, and identify the causes of our poor-decisions. Research like this, however, has far wider implications which are well beyond the water-cooler.... continued

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First published: 20 May 2015

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