Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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1. yndoendoApr 2026
   I sorry you don't have standards on how politicians and state treat people. The USA and the world would be a better if more people did. We wouldn't idealize billions and see the for what they are, bad people. The USA would have Universal healthcare and a society focused on education. Raising your own standards improves the world for you and your neighbor.

   I am not a Nationalist. Nationalism is just yes-man mentality that limits criticizing those in power being bad people, like being child rapists and part of child trafficking. The whole American / USA first is nothing more than 1930's Germany, motherland / fatherland first. Stupidity and ignorance repeating itself. People first not countries or those in power.

   Trade is good. "When goods don’t cross borders, soldiers will" - Frederic Bastiat.

   Those 24 hour new stations are de-education systems. I recommend reading [0] "Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid" by Douglas Hofstadter, [1] "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman, [2] "Culture in Nazi Germany" by Michael H. Kater. Systems are more complex than you have presented in understanding them.

   [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%2C_Escher%2C_Bach

   [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow

   [2] https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300253375/culture-in-naz...

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2. hypertextheroAug 2025
   When playing guitar, instead of gripping the neck tightly as if your hand was a vise, grip it lightly and pull the neck toward your body instead. Make sure the action of your guitar is not too high; if it is, get it adjusted.

   Listening is more important than talking, but don’t automatically believe what you hear. Find out for yourself.

   Observing animals and plants can teach one about humans and living in harmony with nature’s cycles.

   Some people are not capable of feeling empathy. Learn to recognize them.

   Your initial intuition is often wrong about numbers and statistics and many things, even if you are an expert. Double check. Triple check. Discuss with others you trust.

   A little at a time goes a long way (understanding compound interest).

   Certainty leads to insanity (regarding the “trade” of life).

   References:

   - The Creative Act by Rick Rubin

   - The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music by W. A. Mathieu

   - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

   - The First and Last Freedom by Jiddu Krishnamurti

   - The Psychopath Code by Peter Hintjens

   - Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

   - Fingers Pointing to the Moon by Jane English

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3. HenryBemisApr 2025

     - Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
     - Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
     - The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living Hardcover by Ryan Holiday

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4. QuinzelApr 2025
   “Thinking, Fast and slow” by Daniel Kahneman

   Surprised no one has recommended it. It’s like an explanation of how we think, and how we should think. My only caution with this book is it represents “thinking” from a Westernised concept of rationality and it also represents western cognitive biases. A lot of the research done by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky was only studied among westernised, educated, industrialised, rich, democratic populations which only actually makes up about 12% of the world population. It’s certainly not going to apply to every culture across humanity, but - it’s super helpful.

   Having awareness of cognitive biases helps you recognise them in yourself, but also leverage them in other people and that’s power.

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5. standevenJan 2025
   There are some chapters in a fantastic book, "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman, that explain how luck has a huge amount of influence on the events in the world.
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6. snarf21Oct 2024
   Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

   The first 90% of this box is awesome (I think the last part is a little too hand wavy). However, it helps you understand so much of how people think, including you. I think it also explains much of how we shorthand so much of our "thinking". It implies a lot of how tribal humans are in our actions and beliefs which bleeds into religion and philosophy. There is no book I recommend more and the implications and understanding this highlights can be life transforming.

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