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Thinking Fast and Slow 
Release Date: October 2011
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 499
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Synopsis (from Goodreads): In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behaviour. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.

Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking. 

Review: This was such an interesting book and one of the most difficult to read. I cannot say that I remember too much from it considering it was chalk full of insights, too many to count but  I love to learn about the human brain, behaviour and why we do what we do. If you like that sort of thing as well then this is the book for you. Give it a go, but just make sure to have the patience for a long and complex read because this one is all of that and a bag of chips.