Max's Reviews > Thinking, Fast and Slow

An insightful and refreshing read. I enjoyed the journey led by Kahneman as he examined his theories on cognition and the underlying mechanisms that he and his colleague postulated. Alas, I have qualms about the quality of ideas he presents in this book.

Understandably, theories are tentative, but his tone throughout the early parts of the book seemed dogmatic to me. One passage communicated this especially, the gist of it being regardless of whether or not the reader believed in the presented ideas, their behaviors were bounded by them in reality. It's a shame that some of ideas once thought to be foundational are being questioned due to the reexamination of their studies' methodologies after multitudes of reproductive failure, with a nod to ego-depletion and money primacy in particular.

Again, interesting read and lots of food for launching experiments, but can these ideas be treated as anything more than tentative without second thought? I don't think so.