Tag Archives: Decision Making
Thinking in Bets Review: Why My Best Decisions Sometimes Lose
A former poker pro explains why judging decisions by their results is a trap, and [...]
Stumbling on Happiness Review: Why We Can’t Predict What We’ll Enjoy
Gilbert's witty tour of why we misjudge what will make us happy is sharp and [...]
The Black Swan Review: A Vital Idea Buried in Bluster
Taleb's case that rare, unpredictable events shape history and markets is essential reading on risk, [...]
Algorithms to Live By Review: Computer Science for Everyday Choices
A witty, genuinely illuminating tour of computer science applied to everyday decisions, though several chapters [...]
Thinking, Fast and Slow Review: A Map of Your Mind’s Blind Spots
Kahneman's masterwork on how intuition misleads us is dense and partly dated, but it remains [...]
Blink Review: Snap Judgments, Mixed Messages
Gladwell's book on split-second judgment is gripping and full of great stories, but it never [...]
The Scout Mindset Review: A Practical Guide to Seeing Clearly
The best practical book on honest thinking: clear, fair and full of usable tests, arguing [...]
The Paradox of Choice Review: Why More Options Can Mean Less Joy
A lucid, useful case that too many options can make us miserable; the maximizer and [...]
Superforecasting Review: How Ordinary People Learn to Predict Better
The best evidence-based book on making better predictions, backed by a huge forecasting tournament, though [...]
The Signal and the Noise Review: A Smart Tour of Prediction
Silver's tour of prediction, from weather to poker, is a highly readable introduction to probabilistic [...]
Principles Review: Ray Dalio’s Rulebook for Life and Work
Dalio's system for learning from mistakes is genuinely useful, but the book is bloated with [...]
Noise Review: The Other Half of Human Error, Told at Length
An important idea stretched across a book twice as long as it needs to be: [...]