The Undoing Project: Michael Lewis : Lewis, Michael by Michael Lewis

The Undoing Project: Michael Lewis : Lewis, Michael Reviews

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  Fonaweb

  People who are self consciously very smart occasionally make for enjoyable subjects but not here. This is a tale of two (now famous) Israeli psychologists who developed analysis and theories on why people make the decisions they do, uncovering unconscious biases like loss aversion and developing ideas like prospect theory. And doubtless they have helped to feed the mass market publishing industry that is now known as 'smart thinking'. Like a lot of content in that category, I came away thinking what a load of hocus pocus. But maybe I am saying this because I am unconsciously biased against people that are smarter than me
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  D. Richman

  I already had a good understanding of the work of Tversky and Khaneman prior to reading this book. For those new to the field of Behavioural Economics this may not be the best starting point, nor is it intended to be.What this book achieves is to take their work and set it within a narrative structur. In doing so, it gives it context, makes it easier for the layperson to understand and adds humanity to an academic field.The book is, of course, beautifully written. It flows with an ease making it almost impossible to put down.If Michael Lewis should read this review, I would like to offer him my heartfelt gratitude for making the fascinating work of these incredible men come alive.This is my most prized book of 2016 and will be treasured forever. My one and only criticism is the frustrating lack of an index. An irrational decision in itself.
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  GK83

  Brilliant Michael Lewis does it again. Easy to zip through regardless of your background. Anyone with an interest in humans would enjoy this. Personally, I had no idea how much I owed to two psychologists who made economics seem so much human and accessible to me in the small amount of behavioural economics I was taught in my undergrad / postgrad.This isn't just a dry read about how two guys changed the thinking of academics in a different field to their own it's a journey about the lives of two extra ordinary people, how two minds, two personalities that appear ill suited can have the most wonderful relationship and produce the most remarkable work. Don't umm buy it and read it.
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  Dim

  Michael Lewis has written better books. This book is very repetitive and tiring in an effort to be exciting. It could definetely be shorter and meatier. If you have a sincere interest in the work of Tversky and Kanneman you are better off reading their papers and skipping the description of the friendship.
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  Freyr Thorarinsson

  The lives and times of the scientific 'twins' Kahneman and Tversky is the forefront subject of this book, but in the background is a psycological study of two extraordinary personalities with dramatic backgrounds. Michael Lewis does a superb job of telling the story I have read and liked some of his other famous books but this is probably his best.