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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

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Last discussed Oct 15, 2026

A landmark book by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman exploring the two systems of human thought and key cognitive biases, including a chapter on optimism.

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Used for: Reading about optimism and cognitive biases as part of a self-directed effort to rebuild confidence and adopt a growth mindset. Praised: The chapter on optimism presented a compelling argument that optimism is the ...

"Kahneman has a chapter in his book called 'The Engine of Capitalism' in Thinking, Fast and Slow, and that chapter is about optimism. And that was another thing that I read — he has a sentence in there that also made me stop in my tracks. His premi..."

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Sahar Yousef
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"Dan Kahneman is quite famous for not only writing the world famous book Thinking, Fast and Slow but, as a researcher, more famous in my world for illuminating cognitive biases."

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Jimmy Carr
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"It's kind of like Kahneman — Thinking Fast and Slow. First order and second order thinking. So the setup for a joke is first order thinking."

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Jonathan Ross
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Used for: Conceptual framework for understanding AI inference — fast vs. slow thinking modes map to how AI searches move trees

"The way that these models work — thinking fast, thinking slow from Daniel Kahneman. What AI does is if I have 270 possible moves on a go board, the AI is going to rank those moves and try them out. You can see that being able to think faster makes..."

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