Thinking: Fast, Slow, and Why. | topic: Daniel Kahneman, Turi Munthe, Cognitive Theory, Making Decisions | a conversation with Jim & Lionel
In this season 7 opener, we discuss Turi Munthe's book Why We Think What We Think and Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow. Jim Starts with a non-sequitor about Mac problems, AI search, ice cream, and meatball subs. We then dive into these two books, the first of which was recommended publicly by Rory Sutherland, and the second, and more respected work, is on some of the same issues regarding how we think and how we have evolved to make different sorts of decisions.There is a lot of talk about differing theories of cognition here, and both Jim and Lionel suggest in their own…
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