On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-Wired Habits (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
Listened to this one on Audible and found it a very interesting overview of the shortcuts that our brains are hard-wired to take in different areas. Shortcuts that made sense throughout our evolution to keep us alive may not always be either valid or helpful in the modern world, and this book outlines a different category in each chapter and gives explanation and examples of each. It's meant as an introduction for the layman and is very approachable, probably not detailed enough for someone actually working in the field of study already, but for those of us who are not it's definitely fascinating and enlightening. Really dug this book. I will say the intro threw me. It brought up a great example of people misjudging avalanches and basically said it would discuss ways to handle flaws in our thinking. While the book did a great job going over experiments on how our brain works (my cup of tea, exactly!), it didn't really stick to this thesis. The avalanche example was kind of absent too. That said, excellent quick read if you want another behavioral psychology/economics book on how your brain is fooling you.
What do You think about On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-Wired Habits (2000)?
Thoroug. Relies heavily on research and conclusions to extract his observations. Well-written.
—ImmortalCourage
Great outline of 20 heuristics used. Nice to be aware of how we think things through.
—Anna
