Oooh this was the hardest vote for me, but I picked Kahneman (even though I was lucky enough to be at David Epstein's book launch with Gladwell in NYC!). I love his concept of Systems 1 and 2 thinking
I'm with you on this one! Maybe because I haven't read Kahneman's book {gasp}, or maybe because I did read Epstein's and it inspired me to be, and to raise my children to be, interested in the world and willing to go down rabbit holes and synthesize disparate ideas and fields, and to play lots of sports games and get my children to play lots of sports and games, and essentially gave us permission to be the whole messy weirdos that we are. (I mean, we would have been that way anyway). In a world that is constantly telling us to put on blinders and specialize, specialize, specialize (you should hear my son's tennis coach!), it's empowering to hear the immense power of letting yourself be the curious animal that you are, in service of becoming the best person you can become.
Oooh this was the hardest vote for me, but I picked Kahneman (even though I was lucky enough to be at David Epstein's book launch with Gladwell in NYC!). I love his concept of Systems 1 and 2 thinking
Guilty of googling ' Golden Moan award'
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I'm with you on this one! Maybe because I haven't read Kahneman's book {gasp}, or maybe because I did read Epstein's and it inspired me to be, and to raise my children to be, interested in the world and willing to go down rabbit holes and synthesize disparate ideas and fields, and to play lots of sports games and get my children to play lots of sports and games, and essentially gave us permission to be the whole messy weirdos that we are. (I mean, we would have been that way anyway). In a world that is constantly telling us to put on blinders and specialize, specialize, specialize (you should hear my son's tennis coach!), it's empowering to hear the immense power of letting yourself be the curious animal that you are, in service of becoming the best person you can become.
Since you looooved Behavioral Economics, are you going to compare Dan Ariely (predictably irrational) with someone? I'd love that.
His blockbuster book Predictably Irrational came in 2008 which miss the 15 years window. There were very few wildcard spots in this region.
Ah sorry, I didn't know about the time span.