Worth a read though it has lots of overlap with its predecessor "Predictably Irrational". Dan Ariely is one of the leading behavioral economics scholars so lots of interesting nuggets. In an effort to be more accessible and less academic, he errs too much on the side of conversational writing - l...
Insightful. It's always helpful when the mind behind academic research see fit to write colloquially about their findings so that the general public can understand its meaning. Surprisingly, our tendency to be dishonest isn't increased by what we think it might be, and often isn't decreased by wh...
Dan Ariely has a lot of compelling things to say about our behavior, which he backs up with voluminous and detailed accounts of behavioral economics research. A quick and fun read with lots of fun examples of our human quirks. It is the type of book you find yourself stopping and reading aloud se...
A nice follow up to his "Predictably Irrational", where Dan Ariely surprises us even more with his findings about how irrational we are and how our long-held assumptions and beliefs are sometimes wrong. This focuses on our irrationality that affects how we work and how we act at home, and social ...
As a book for my own reading, this gets two stars; as research which is quite interesting, I would give it four.I had the joy of taking a free online web class from Dan Ariely, so despite the fact that we have never met, I have that feeling as though I know him personally and am fond of him. He ...