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Books like Choose Wisely

Wild Problems
by Russell "Russ" Roberts • 2022
The biggest decisions resist spreadsheets. An economist on what to do when calculation fails.
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2k+
📊 Decision Frameworks🧠 Behavioral Economics🤔 Beyond Rationality🌱 Human Flourishing💎 Values-Based Living
Wild Problems Summary
Wild Problems 96%
The biggest decisions resist spreadsheets. An economist on what to do when calculation fails.
by Russell "Russ" Roberts 2022
3.81
2k+ ratings
📊 Decision Frameworks🧠 Behavioral Economics🤔 Beyond Rationality🌱 Human Flourishing💎 Values-Based Living
The Elements of Choice
by Eric J. Johnson • 2021
Your choices feel free. But someone arranged the options, and that arrangement is doing the work.
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523
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔬 Decision Science🪤 Cognitive Biases🎛️ Choice Design🛒 Consumer Psychology
The Elements of Choice Summary
The Elements of Choice 94%
Your choices feel free. But someone arranged the options, and that arrangement is doing the work.
by Eric J. Johnson 2021
3.91
523 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔬 Decision Science🪤 Cognitive Biases🎛️ Choice Design🛒 Consumer Psychology
Maxims for Thinking Analytically
by Dan Levy • 2021
Extreme cases and simple division: Harvard legend's toolkit for sharper thinking amid uncertainty.
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583
🧠 Decision Science📋 Policy Analysis🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🔍 Cognitive Biases🧩 Mental Models
Maxims for Thinking Analytically Summary
Maxims for Thinking Analytically 94%
Extreme cases and simple division: Harvard legend's toolkit for sharper thinking amid uncertainty.
by Dan Levy 2021
3.92
583 ratings
🧠 Decision Science📋 Policy Analysis🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🔍 Cognitive Biases🧩 Mental Models
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide
by Robert H. Frank • 2009
Why your neighbor's house determines your mortgage, and other economic laws hiding in plain sight.
3.49
300
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏠 Relative Consumption📊 Inequality🏛️ Public Policy⚙️ Market Design
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide Summary
The Economic Naturalist's Field Guide 94%
Why your neighbor's house determines your mortgage, and other economic laws hiding in plain sight.
by Robert H. Frank 2009
3.49
300 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏠 Relative Consumption📊 Inequality🏛️ Public Policy⚙️ Market Design
Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
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3k+
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 94%
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
by Damien Keown 1996
3.74
3k+ ratings
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Framers
by Kenneth Cukier • 2021
AI can't ask 'what if.' That single gap explains why humans remain irreplaceable.
3.53
568
🧠 Mental Models🔬 Decision Science🤖 Human Vs Machine🔗 Causal Reasoning🌐 Cognitive Diversity
Framers Summary
Framers 94%
AI can't ask 'what if.' That single gap explains why humans remain irreplaceable.
by Kenneth Cukier 2021
3.53
568 ratings
🧠 Mental Models🔬 Decision Science🤖 Human Vs Machine🔗 Causal Reasoning🌐 Cognitive Diversity
Sway
by Ori Brafman • 2008
Seven invisible biases that make rational people overpay, overstay, and reject free money.
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20k+
💰 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Value Perception🗣️ Groupthink🎯 Incentive Design
Sway Summary
Sway 94%
Seven invisible biases that make rational people overpay, overstay, and reject free money.
by Ori Brafman 2008
3.78
20k+ ratings
💰 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases👀 Value Perception🗣️ Groupthink🎯 Incentive Design
On the Edge
by Nate Silver • 2024
One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.
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🎲 Risk Cultures📊 Quantitative Thinking🎮 Game Theory🧠 Behavioral Economics⚔️ Culture Wars
On the Edge Summary
On the Edge 94%
One tribe calculates risk; one avoids it. This divide now shapes American life more than politics.
by Nate Silver 2024
3.66
6k+ ratings
🎲 Risk Cultures📊 Quantitative Thinking🎮 Game Theory🧠 Behavioral Economics⚔️ Culture Wars
Happy Ever After
by Paul Dolan • 2019
Wealth, marriage, parenthood: sold as happiness guarantees. A behavioral scientist checks the data.
3.66
993
🧠 Behavioral Science😊 Happiness Research📊 Behavioral Economics📜 Life Scripts⚖️ Social Comparison
Happy Ever After Summary
Happy Ever After 94%
Wealth, marriage, parenthood: sold as happiness guarantees. A behavioral scientist checks the data.
by Paul Dolan 2019
3.66
993 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Science😊 Happiness Research📊 Behavioral Economics📜 Life Scripts⚖️ Social Comparison
The Upside of Irrationality
by Dan Ariely • 2010
Irrationality's upside: biases that warp judgment also fuel motivation, meaning, and persistence.
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🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases⚡ Motivation Science💼 Meaning At Work🛠️ Effort Justification
The Upside of Irrationality Summary
The Upside of Irrationality 94%
Irrationality's upside: biases that warp judgment also fuel motivation, meaning, and persistence.
by Dan Ariely 2010
4.03
36k+ ratings
🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases⚡ Motivation Science💼 Meaning At Work🛠️ Effort Justification
Thinking Fast and Slow in 30 Minutes - The Expert Guide to Daniel Kahneman's Critically Acclaimed Book
by The 30 Minute Expert Series • 2013
You jump to conclusions because you're wired to. Those jumps follow a script you can learn.
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31
📉 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases🗺 Heuristics🔬 Dual Process Theory💸 Loss Aversion
Thinking Fast and Slow in 30 Minutes - The Expert Guide to Daniel Kahneman's Critically Acclaimed Book Summary
Thinking Fast and Slow in 30 Minutes - The Expert Guide to Daniel Kahneman's Critically Acclaimed Book 94%
You jump to conclusions because you're wired to. Those jumps follow a script you can learn.
by The 30 Minute Expert Series 2013
3.87
31 ratings
📉 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases🗺 Heuristics🔬 Dual Process Theory💸 Loss Aversion
The Happiness Industry
by William Davies • 2015
The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.
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🏛️ Political Economy👁️ Surveillance Capitalism⚖️ Utilitarianism🧪 Behaviorism🧠 Behavioral Economics
The Happiness Industry Summary
The Happiness Industry 94%
The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.
by William Davies 2015
3.64
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy👁️ Surveillance Capitalism⚖️ Utilitarianism🧪 Behaviorism🧠 Behavioral Economics
How Change Happens
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2019
Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.
3.11
197
🌊 Social Change🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Political Polarization🏗️ Choice Architecture⚖️ Moral Psychology
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens 93%
Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019
3.11
197 ratings
🌊 Social Change🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Political Polarization🏗️ Choice Architecture⚖️ Moral Psychology
The Winner's Curse
by Richard H. Thaler • 1991
Economic models assume you're rational; auctions, risk, and mental accounting prove otherwise.
3.82
611
🧠 Behavioral Economics🤔 Cognitive Biases📉 Market Anomalies🎲 Risk Perception🤝 Social Preferences
The Winner's Curse Summary
The Winner's Curse 93%
Economic models assume you're rational; auctions, risk, and mental accounting prove otherwise.
by Richard H. Thaler 1991
3.82
611 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🤔 Cognitive Biases📉 Market Anomalies🎲 Risk Perception🤝 Social Preferences
Better, Not Perfect
by Max H. Bazerman • 2020
Most ethics advice demands sainthood. This one demands your next decision be slightly better.
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🧪 Behavioral Ethics🌍 Effective Altruism🧠 Cognitive Biases💡 Value Creation🏢 Business Ethics
Better, Not Perfect Summary
Better, Not Perfect 93%
Most ethics advice demands sainthood. This one demands your next decision be slightly better.
by Max H. Bazerman 2020
3.46
159 ratings
🧪 Behavioral Ethics🌍 Effective Altruism🧠 Cognitive Biases💡 Value Creation🏢 Business Ethics
Discover Your Inner Economist
by Tyler Cowen • 2007
Hidden economics of love, lunch, and looking good: incentives that work when cash fails.
3.41
2k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🛒 Everyday Economics🕊️ Signaling Theory🎭 Self-Deception⏳ Attention Scarcity
Discover Your Inner Economist Summary
Discover Your Inner Economist 93%
Hidden economics of love, lunch, and looking good: incentives that work when cash fails.
by Tyler Cowen 2007
3.41
2k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🛒 Everyday Economics🕊️ Signaling Theory🎭 Self-Deception⏳ Attention Scarcity
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky • 2012
Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.
3.56
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🌱 Post-Growth Economics🛒 Anti-Consumerism⚖️ Economic Ethics⏳ Work-Time Reduction💰 Basic Income Debate
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary
How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 93%
Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.
by Robert Skidelsky 2012
3.56
2k+ ratings
🌱 Post-Growth Economics🛒 Anti-Consumerism⚖️ Economic Ethics⏳ Work-Time Reduction💰 Basic Income Debate
Behavioural Economics
by David Orrell • 2021
The economic agent is a myth: psychology, not calculation, drives decisions.
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175
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases💸 Economic Psychology🏛️ Choice Architecture📈 Behavioral Finance
Behavioural Economics Summary
Behavioural Economics 93%
The economic agent is a myth: psychology, not calculation, drives decisions.
by David Orrell 2021
3.55
175 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases💸 Economic Psychology🏛️ Choice Architecture📈 Behavioral Finance
Ergodicity
by Luca Dellanna • 2020
Why a bet that works for a hundred people destroys the one who repeats it.
4.05
314
🛡️ Risk Management🧠 Decision Theory🔬 Behavioral Economics🎲 Probability Thinking⏳ Long-Term Thinking
Ergodicity Summary
Ergodicity 93%
Why a bet that works for a hundred people destroys the one who repeats it.
by Luca Dellanna 2020
4.05
314 ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🧠 Decision Theory🔬 Behavioral Economics🎲 Probability Thinking⏳ Long-Term Thinking
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland • 1992
Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.
3.91
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Science📊 Statistical Thinking👥 Social Conformity🎭 Emotional Biases
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality 93%
Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.
by Stuart Sutherland 1992
3.91
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Science📊 Statistical Thinking👥 Social Conformity🎭 Emotional Biases
The Happiness Equation
by Nattavudh Powdthavee • 2010
Friends beat a six-figure raise in happiness. A commute never stops hurting.
3.54
142
🧮 Happiness Economics🧠 Positive Psychology🎲 Behavioral Economics🔄 Hedonic Adaptation🤝 Social Connections
The Happiness Equation Summary
The Happiness Equation 93%
Friends beat a six-figure raise in happiness. A commute never stops hurting.
by Nattavudh Powdthavee 2010
3.54
142 ratings
🧮 Happiness Economics🧠 Positive Psychology🎲 Behavioral Economics🔄 Hedonic Adaptation🤝 Social Connections
The Yellow Pad
by Robert E. Rubin • 2023
A yellow pad and honest odds: the method that steered Goldman Sachs and the White House.
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📊 Decision Frameworks⚠️ Risk Management🎲 Thinking In Probabilities🧠 Cognitive Biases🚨 Crisis Leadership
The Yellow Pad Summary
The Yellow Pad 93%
A yellow pad and honest odds: the method that steered Goldman Sachs and the White House.
by Robert E. Rubin 2023
3.70
268 ratings
📊 Decision Frameworks⚠️ Risk Management🎲 Thinking In Probabilities🧠 Cognitive Biases🚨 Crisis Leadership
100 mental models
by Wisdom Theory
Why a hundred borrowed concepts from physics, economics, and psychology beat expertise alone.
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105
🧠 Mental Models🧩 Cognitive Biases🧭 Decision Frameworks🔄 Systems Thinking📉 Behavioral Economics
100 mental models Summary
100 mental models 93%
Why a hundred borrowed concepts from physics, economics, and psychology beat expertise alone.
by Wisdom Theory
4.00
105 ratings
🧠 Mental Models🧩 Cognitive Biases🧭 Decision Frameworks🔄 Systems Thinking📉 Behavioral Economics
Practical Wisdom
by Barry Schwartz • 2010
Rules and incentives are making professionals worse at their jobs. Aristotle knew the fix.
3.70
816
🏛️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Moral Psychology⚖️ Professional Ethics🏢 Institutional Critique🔨 Philosophy Of Work
Practical Wisdom Summary
Practical Wisdom 93%
Rules and incentives are making professionals worse at their jobs. Aristotle knew the fix.
by Barry Schwartz 2010
3.70
816 ratings
🏛️ Virtue Ethics🧠 Moral Psychology⚖️ Professional Ethics🏢 Institutional Critique🔨 Philosophy Of Work
Traffic
by Tom Vanderbilt • 2008
Remove the signs, roads grow safer. The psychology of why drivers misjudge danger.
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8k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🚗 Urban Mobility⚠️ Risk Perception🔍 Cognitive Biases🎯 Nudge Theory
Traffic Summary
Traffic 93%
Remove the signs, roads grow safer. The psychology of why drivers misjudge danger.
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008
3.72
8k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🚗 Urban Mobility⚠️ Risk Perception🔍 Cognitive Biases🎯 Nudge Theory
The Optimist's Telescope
by Bina Venkataraman • 2019
The marshmallow test got it wrong: long-term thinking depends more on design than willpower.
3.45
601
🧠 Behavioral Economics⏳ Long-Term Thinking🍬 Delayed Gratification🎲 Scenario Planning🔍 Cognitive Biases
The Optimist's Telescope Summary
The Optimist's Telescope 93%
The marshmallow test got it wrong: long-term thinking depends more on design than willpower.
by Bina Venkataraman 2019
3.45
601 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics⏳ Long-Term Thinking🍬 Delayed Gratification🎲 Scenario Planning🔍 Cognitive Biases
economic naturalist
by Robert H. Frank • 2006
Why drive-up ATMs have Braille dots, and other mundane mysteries solved with economics.
3.46
3k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Everyday Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases💡 Economic Reasoning🎯 Rational Choice Theory
economic naturalist Summary
economic naturalist 93%
Why drive-up ATMs have Braille dots, and other mundane mysteries solved with economics.
by Robert H. Frank 2006
3.46
3k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Everyday Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases💡 Economic Reasoning🎯 Rational Choice Theory
Don't Trust Your Gut
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz • 2022
Intuition fails at love, wealth, and happiness. Here is what millions of data points say instead.
3.79
2k+
🧠 Data-Driven Life📊 Behavioral Economics😊 Happiness Research📈 Big Data Insights💰 Wealth Building
Don't Trust Your Gut Summary
Don't Trust Your Gut 93%
Intuition fails at love, wealth, and happiness. Here is what millions of data points say instead.
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz 2022
3.79
2k+ ratings
🧠 Data-Driven Life📊 Behavioral Economics😊 Happiness Research📈 Big Data Insights💰 Wealth Building
Risk Savvy
by Gerd Gigerenzer • 2013
Most real life is uncertainty, not risk. Simple decision rules beat complex models there.
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2k+
🧠 Decision Science🔍 Cognitive Biases📊 Risk Literacy📏 Simple Rules🌫️ Uncertainty
Risk Savvy Summary
Risk Savvy 93%
Most real life is uncertainty, not risk. Simple decision rules beat complex models there.
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2013
4.01
2k+ ratings
🧠 Decision Science🔍 Cognitive Biases📊 Risk Literacy📏 Simple Rules🌫️ Uncertainty
Thinking and Deciding
by Jonathan Baron • 2007
A psychologist's guide to mental shortcuts that fail, and the rules that repair them.
4.06
320
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧱 Mental Models📊 Decision Frameworks⚙️ Productivity Methods🧩 Problem Solving
Thinking and Deciding Summary
Thinking and Deciding 93%
A psychologist's guide to mental shortcuts that fail, and the rules that repair them.
by Jonathan Baron 2007
4.06
320 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧱 Mental Models📊 Decision Frameworks⚙️ Productivity Methods🧩 Problem Solving
Freakonomics Rev Ed
by Steven D. Levitt • 2005
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
4.01
902k+
🍿 Pop Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design📊 Data Journalism🔍 Information Asymmetry
Freakonomics Rev Ed Summary
Freakonomics Rev Ed 93%
Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.
by Steven D. Levitt 2005
4.01
902k+ ratings
🍿 Pop Economics🧠 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design📊 Data Journalism🔍 Information Asymmetry
Fooled by Randomness
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2001
Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.
4.08
72k+
📈 Financial Markets🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Risk Management🔍 Decision Quality
Fooled by Randomness Summary
Fooled by Randomness 93%
Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001
4.08
72k+ ratings
📈 Financial Markets🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Risk Management🔍 Decision Quality
The Undoing Project
by Michael Lewis • 2016
Two men, one mind. The friendship that mapped the hidden flaws in every human judgment.
3.99
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🧠 Behavioral Economics🔬 Cognitive Psychology⚠️ Cognitive Biases🎲 Risk Perception📖 Intellectual Biography
The Undoing Project Summary
The Undoing Project 93%
Two men, one mind. The friendship that mapped the hidden flaws in every human judgment.
by Michael Lewis 2016
3.99
64k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔬 Cognitive Psychology⚠️ Cognitive Biases🎲 Risk Perception📖 Intellectual Biography
Radical Uncertainty
by Mervyn A. King • 2020
When the future is genuinely unknowable, stories guide us better than probability ever could.
3.86
1k+
📘 Knightian Uncertainty📖 Narrative Reasoning🧠 Behavioral Economics🗺️ Scenario Planning🐝 Collective Intelligence
Radical Uncertainty Summary
Radical Uncertainty 93%
When the future is genuinely unknowable, stories guide us better than probability ever could.
by Mervyn A. King 2020
3.86
1k+ ratings
📘 Knightian Uncertainty📖 Narrative Reasoning🧠 Behavioral Economics🗺️ Scenario Planning🐝 Collective Intelligence
Future Babble
by Dan Gardner • 2010
Confidence sells. Accuracy doesn't. Why the loudest experts are the worst forecasters.
3.79
737
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Expert Forecasting🌫️ Uncertainty Management💸 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Decision Science
Future Babble Summary
Future Babble 93%
Confidence sells. Accuracy doesn't. Why the loudest experts are the worst forecasters.
by Dan Gardner 2010
3.79
737 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Expert Forecasting🌫️ Uncertainty Management💸 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Decision Science
An Economist Walks into a Brothel
by Allison Schrager • 2019
An economist sizes up risk in brothels, poker rooms, and monster waves, then hands us the rules.
3.56
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🧠 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Risk Management📈 Everyday Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases☁️ Uncertainty And Risk
An Economist Walks into a Brothel Summary
An Economist Walks into a Brothel 93%
An economist sizes up risk in brothels, poker rooms, and monster waves, then hands us the rules.
by Allison Schrager 2019
3.56
2k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Risk Management📈 Everyday Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases☁️ Uncertainty And Risk
Uncharted
by Margaret Heffernan • 2020
Why the best leaders swap predictions for experiments, scenarios, and collective preparation.
3.64
458
📋 Scenario Planning🧪 Experimentation Culture🏛️ Long-Term Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Collective Intelligence
Uncharted Summary
Uncharted 93%
Why the best leaders swap predictions for experiments, scenarios, and collective preparation.
by Margaret Heffernan 2020
3.64
458 ratings
📋 Scenario Planning🧪 Experimentation Culture🏛️ Long-Term Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Collective Intelligence
Farsighted
by Steven Johnson • 2018
Why our biggest choices flunk the pro/con list, and what works: mapping, rehearsal, fiction.
3.55
2k+
🧠 Decision Science🗺️ Strategic Planning⏳ Long-Term Thinking🔮 Scenario Planning📊 Behavioral Economics
Farsighted Summary
Farsighted 93%
Why our biggest choices flunk the pro/con list, and what works: mapping, rehearsal, fiction.
by Steven Johnson 2018
3.55
2k+ ratings
🧠 Decision Science🗺️ Strategic Planning⏳ Long-Term Thinking🔮 Scenario Planning📊 Behavioral Economics
How Economics Can Save the World
by Erik Angner • 2023
Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.
3.61
288
🧠 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases👶 Evidence-Based Parenting💰 Cash Transfers🌍 Carbon Pricing
How Economics Can Save the World Summary
How Economics Can Save the World 93%
Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.
by Erik Angner 2023
3.61
288 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases👶 Evidence-Based Parenting💰 Cash Transfers🌍 Carbon Pricing
Rationality
by Steven Pinker • 2021
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
3.84
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory📈 Statistical Thinking🛡️ Motivated Reasoning
Rationality Summary
Rationality 93%
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
by Steven Pinker 2021
3.84
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory📈 Statistical Thinking🛡️ Motivated Reasoning
Happiness
by Richard Layard • 2005
We're richer but no happier. Why money stopped working, and the metric that can fix policy.
3.70
1k+
📊 Happiness Studies🧠 Behavioral Economics🌻 Positive Psychology📈 Happiness Economics🌍 Post-Growth Economics
Happiness Summary
Happiness 93%
We're richer but no happier. Why money stopped working, and the metric that can fix policy.
by Richard Layard 2005
3.70
1k+ ratings
📊 Happiness Studies🧠 Behavioral Economics🌻 Positive Psychology📈 Happiness Economics🌍 Post-Growth Economics
Against Empathy
by Paul Bloom • 2016
Empathy zeroes in on one face, ignores a thousand deaths, and makes cruelty feel righteous.
3.57
7k+
🧠 Moral Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases💡 Effective Altruism💭 Emotional Reasoning⚖️ Utilitarianism
Against Empathy Summary
Against Empathy 93%
Empathy zeroes in on one face, ignores a thousand deaths, and makes cruelty feel righteous.
by Paul Bloom 2016
3.57
7k+ ratings
🧠 Moral Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases💡 Effective Altruism💭 Emotional Reasoning⚖️ Utilitarianism
Inside the Nudge Unit
by David Halpern • 2015
A government unit given two years to survive found a single word could bring in millions.
3.98
1k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Public Policy📊 Evidence-Based Policy👥 Social Norms🔄 Habit Design
Inside the Nudge Unit Summary
Inside the Nudge Unit 93%
A government unit given two years to survive found a single word could bring in millions.
by David Halpern 2015
3.98
1k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Public Policy📊 Evidence-Based Policy👥 Social Norms🔄 Habit Design
Misbehaving
by Richard H. Thaler • 2016
Economists built models of flawless decision makers. One professor proved those people don't exist.
4.16
24k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases🤪 Irrational Behavior💰 Money Psychology🏗️ Behavioral Design
Misbehaving Summary
Misbehaving 93%
Economists built models of flawless decision makers. One professor proved those people don't exist.
by Richard H. Thaler 2016
4.16
24k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases🤪 Irrational Behavior💰 Money Psychology🏗️ Behavioral Design
How Not to Be Wrong
by Jordan Ellenberg • 2014
Your brain defaults to straight lines. Math reveals the curves that keep you from being wrong.
3.95
22k+
🧮 Mathematical Thinking📊 Statistical Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probability And Risk🔄 Bayesian Thinking
How Not to Be Wrong Summary
How Not to Be Wrong 93%
Your brain defaults to straight lines. Math reveals the curves that keep you from being wrong.
by Jordan Ellenberg 2014
3.95
22k+ ratings
🧮 Mathematical Thinking📊 Statistical Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probability And Risk🔄 Bayesian Thinking
Simpler
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2013
Regulation doesn't need more weight; it needs simplicity, smarter defaults, and behavioral insight.
3.58
535
🧠 Behavioral Economics📜 Regulatory Reform📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis👥 Social Norms🏛️ Government Bureaucracy
Simpler Summary
Simpler 93%
Regulation doesn't need more weight; it needs simplicity, smarter defaults, and behavioral insight.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2013
3.58
535 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics📜 Regulatory Reform📊 Cost-Benefit Analysis👥 Social Norms🏛️ Government Bureaucracy
Under the Influence
by Robert H. Frank • 2020
Nobody decides alone. The $2 trillion proof that social contagion drives everything.
3.75
154
🧠 Behavioral Economics🦠 Social Contagion👥 Social Influence💸 Positional Spending🤔 Cognitive Biases
Under the Influence Summary
Under the Influence 93%
Nobody decides alone. The $2 trillion proof that social contagion drives everything.
by Robert H. Frank 2020
3.75
154 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🦠 Social Contagion👥 Social Influence💸 Positional Spending🤔 Cognitive Biases
The Art of Choosing
by Sheena Iyengar • 1989
Why more choices often lead to worse decisions, and how your culture secretly shapes what you pick.
3.83
7k+
🤯 Choice Overload🌍 Cross-Cultural Psychology💸 Behavioral Economics🧲 Priming🪞 Identity And Choice
The Art of Choosing Summary
The Art of Choosing 93%
Why more choices often lead to worse decisions, and how your culture secretly shapes what you pick.
by Sheena Iyengar 1989
3.83
7k+ ratings
🤯 Choice Overload🌍 Cross-Cultural Psychology💸 Behavioral Economics🧲 Priming🪞 Identity And Choice
The Origins of Happiness
by Andrew E. Clark • 2018
Money explains just 1% of happiness. What matters more: mental health, relationships, and childhood.
3.67
64
🧮 Happiness Economics📊 Subjective Well-Being🧠 Behavioral Economics👀 Social Comparison🤝 Relationship Science
The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness 93%
Money explains just 1% of happiness. What matters more: mental health, relationships, and childhood.
by Andrew E. Clark 2018
3.67
64 ratings
🧮 Happiness Economics📊 Subjective Well-Being🧠 Behavioral Economics👀 Social Comparison🤝 Relationship Science
Third Millennium Thinking
by Saul Perlmutter • 2024
Probability over certainty, groups over lone genius: a Nobel physicist's toolkit for clear thinking.
3.66
339
🔬 Scientific Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probabilistic Thinking👥 Collective Intelligence📰 Information Literacy
Third Millennium Thinking Summary
Third Millennium Thinking 93%
Probability over certainty, groups over lone genius: a Nobel physicist's toolkit for clear thinking.
by Saul Perlmutter 2024
3.66
339 ratings
🔬 Scientific Thinking🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Probabilistic Thinking👥 Collective Intelligence📰 Information Literacy
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