The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Michael Lewis
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
647

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis Book Summary

“Brilliant. . . . Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncertainty and the limits of human reason.” —William Easterly, Wall Street Journal
Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original papers that invented the field of behavioral economics. One of the greatest partnerships in the history of science, Kahneman and Tversky’s extraordinary friendship incited a revolution in Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible. In The Undoing Project, Lewis shows how their Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.

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Book Name The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Genre Science & Nature
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A life-changing book. It’s rare to find a book that resonates so powerfully and effectively to oneself - subconsciously enhancing our ability to see beyond the norm. Sparking creativity, insight, a needed understanding of purpose, thought, plans, ideas, that may well be lying subconsciously within ourselves. This book is powerful. It provided me direction to see deeper into relationships, to my work, to life, to my individual intentions and aspirations, that I know I am capable of, but never considered. The narrative, the story, Michael Lewis beautifully illustrates throughout this book, can create a new life beyond what we think we are capable of obtaining. Read it all the way through and hopefully you too, shall agree.

Disappointing. I eagerly await all of Michael Lewis's new books as I have read them all. This book unfortunately was not his best. The subject while interesting just droned on and on.

Who proofread this?. This book is a disappointment. I’ve heard the author is very good, however, if this book is the example, I certainly can’t recommend him. I found several logic flaws in the book, for example, regarding the study on the names of famous people and your ability to recall lists of names made up of predominantly men or women; seems nobody proofread that section (if you buy the book, and actually pay attention while reading, you should easily be able to pick out this discrepancy). Several other examples of these discrepancies exist (which I will not fully describe for brevity). Also, the book seemed to ramble, for chapters it talked about the subjects’ history and unremarkable relationships, then it would switch to psychology and the research that was being done. In sum, if you are looking for accurate writing that won’t frustrate a detailed reader don’t read this book.

10 stars. My favorit author write about another favorit authors. Will give 10 stars if I can 😁👍

Love it. Love it!

Read Kahneman's book instead. The book was well written. Found the history of the Israeli State early years to be interesting. Agree with others, too many chapters on the friendship of Tversky and Kahneman. I wanted more about the science. I am not convinced that their work was ground breaking. If the goal of this book was to show the how their work was ground breaking - Lewis failed. I am reading Kahneman's book : Thinking Fast and Slow. It is a more practical "read". His chapter on 'the implications in Medicine' was a teaser with no real meat. In fact this book could summed up in the following: 1. Biographical, not science. 2. No real lessons to be learned. 3. Failed to convince the audience. 4. I wish I could understand WHY people thought Tversky was so brilliant. It is not enough to say people were impressed, show the reader his brilliance. This book is beneficial if it leads the reader to check out Kahneman's book.

A Special Book. These are uncommon men, their story worthy of our time, and well-told by one of our most perceptive observers.

Too much discourse on the friendship. Too much discourse on the friendship rather than the actual science.

Excellent , Mind Warping Experience. I've read almost every book written by Michael Lewis and all have been thought provoking but this is the first that is "thought destroying". I deal with questions of judgement and decision making in uncertain conditions every day and have seen (and fallen prey) to many of the mistakes (or inaccuracies) in our thinking, expectations and "undoings". I would highly recommend this book to anyone that: wishes to understand themselves and their thinking more deeply, make better decisions, or perhaps have a competitive advantage in a business venture. One thing it will probably NOT help is building better relationships - most people will struggle with these concepts and some (like my wife) may see it as some type of indirect or Machiavellian approach to getting your way ("our human brain is flawed - let's try a better approach" does not go over very well). Still, I would rank this as Lewis' best, perhaps most meaningful, topic to date and that is the highest praise I can bestow.

How the two became one. A great look at the birth of behavioural economics and a history of two iconic features in the study of the way we make decisions.

Best offering by the Best writer of Our times!. While opening the recesses of our mind to the hows and whys of our decisions, we are also treated to history details that will inspire and reward our efforts! Bravo Michael!

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Top Non-Fiction Boom. This is one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read and may be considered one of the best of all time. It’s very well written on the very deep topic of human psychology. It reads so easily as it is told as a story of two great minds, Amos Tversky and Daniel Kanehman, and their dynamic relationship. We learn throughout the book about their groundbreaking discoveries in human decision making and their relationship throughout the process. While their discoveries were being made, the general public perception was that Amos was the superior but we quickly learn from these accounts that Daniel was equally important in their discoveries. This does not discredit Amos contributions but reaffirms that Daniel was not the lightweight he was made out to be. The book also discusses in more details about the discoveries that they made, and presents it in a clear and interesting manner that is understandable and relevant. If you enjoy the subject of psychology and decision making, this is a highly recommended book.

The Undoing Project. Terrific. Spellbinding and, I have no experience in economics nor neuroscience. Where I was moved was in the exploration of genius friends. Thank you. Cassie Perlmutter Denver, CO

25% through and no clue where it's going. I love psychology but this book was just a bunch of draw out stories about Jewish guys with no real substance. Stopped reading.

Boring. I normally enjoy Lewis’ books, but this was a waste of time. It’s as if he ran out of interesting ideas to write about and settled for this.

Goes nowhere, slowly. I've loved every other book this man has written. This is not one of those books. It starts off in a rather interesting manner with an interesting premise, and then takes you on this journey that goes on and on and on and never develops. I couldn't make it past chapter 5.

A story of friendship. For those interested in Amos and Danny’s work, read Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow. For those interested in a story of friendship, read this book. Amos and Danny are two different people whose minds work as one. The bravado of one earned him accolades the shyer one envied, and ultimately tore them apart. Death brought them back together. As usual, Micheal Lewis writes engaging prose that seamlessly blends this story of friendship with the complex psychology that bound it together.

Long read. Didn’t understand why he had to go soooo deep into both Amos and Danny’s background. Opening loores you in with exciting real world example on b-ball, then goes all academic and story of both these guys which not sure it’s that relevant to what they achieved

Fascinating story. Think fast and slow is a great book, a wonder. This book tells the story of two of the brightest minds of the world, spending a lifetime on writing a book. Easy to read, great narrative of one of the most prominent scientific pair in history

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The The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds book written by Michael Lewis was published on 06 December 2016, Tuesday in the Science & Nature category. A total of 647 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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