Book review: Thinking Fast and slow

I was quite interested in psychology, I am more fond of observant psychology if there's a term that exists. But reading a book related to just psychology was never a go-to thing. Thinking, fast and slow is a book written by Daniel Kahnemann who is also the winner of the Nobel Prize. I have this weird habit of checking all the outer cover of the book where generally a cover photo, description of the author, and some striking reviews of people and publishers are mentioned. I got hit by one such review which was, ‘’Buy it fast. Read it slowly. It will change the way you think!’’ by Richard Thaler, author of Nudge.

Thinking, fast and slow is written in the non-fiction genre on the subject of psychology. This book is a masterpiece, it knows exactly how to engage the audience, a tactic of calculation of emotion aware of counterfactual balance possibilities. I assure you that you will pause a while after each chapter, and you shall realize how much you missed to understand how tricky the brain is.

This book is so relatable to daily life, logically equivalent sentences evoke possible different reactions. It describes the moral attachment of feelings to frame. The evolution of the human race has inscribed deeply its role in determining rules in humans. The author is quite successful when it comes to putting light on individual, social and psychological perspectives. He gives us convincing reasons regarding the straightforward working of our judgments but the equally complicated working of the brain and cognitive illusion that follows. Have you ever wondered about the rules of memory determining their options? Then what about the different mechanisms and same output and vice versa. One of the finest reasoning is the erroneous forecasts of future feelings. This book basically discusses the stereotypes, impressions, reasons behind our choices, decision-making, validity, bias, reliability, etc. We can show how our psychological values and desirability, emotion, and judgment are being affected. 

The defending status quo that we have set for ourselves is properly explained. More importantly, it is just wild assumptions that are being made but the experiments are done beautifully that definitely strikes us to understand our own better. We would have never imagined our thinking complications as the book explains. It is valuable knowledge for almost every field, it has touched economics, politics, anthropology, economics, and whatnot. It basically describes the mind in different ways, basically in two systems- System 1, that intrusive and easy reacting, and another system of a rational thinking mind. It also clearly spells out the flaws of theories, intuition, and observation. The laws of nature and mind are quite bewildering you can’t deny.

I would definitely recommend this book to everyone irrespective of any field they come from and work for. Undoubtedly, it will change the way you think as it flaunts on the cover page.