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Review on book- Thinking fast & slow
Review on book- Thinking fast & slow
Essay Assignment
How often do you trust your Intuition? Do you think it is always fruitful or optimal to follow your gut? I mean just think about it, more often than not, we are constantly under the play of cognitive biases that control our thought process. By the virtue of this assignment, I am providing a book review on a phenomenal book "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman. I was able to discover how always following our gut and intuition can be counter-productive and comprehend different types of biases that can control our thought process.
This book is on Behavioural Psychology and Decision-Making, summarizing the research conducted by author Daniel Kahneman in collaboration with Amos Tsuki, another inspiring personality. Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli American psychologist and economist, remarkably known for his work done in psychology and decision-making as well as behavioural economics. Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in 2002 for his work in economics science. Books like "Thinking Fast and Slow" to be honest is kind of daunting, it is no light read that you can pick up. I mean it is 400 pages of dense reading accompanied by several scientific literatures. It is one of those books, which demands intense focus and deep reading! Nevertheless, I have tried to encapsulate the essence of the book into 7 big concepts.
Concept 1 - The Breakdown of our Two Systems
Well, the central premise in the book is the dichotomy between the 2 modes of thought. Daniel Kahneman says our brain pretty much switches between on and off-state! We have two systems that control our entire thought process thereby controlling our lives. 
The first system is more like instinctive, emotional, sort of like an automatic system. It is referred to as the fast system also called as sympathetic nervous system. Something that is wired into us! You see our brain is designed to keep us alive and make us survive. Yes, it is part of our nature and it is great since it has kept us alive for so long. However, there is downside to it as well! The fast system forbids us to think logically about any incident and forces us to re-act on the first emotion that we feel.  Scientifically speaking we are constantly going under hyper-aware sympathetic dominance, therefore, fast-thinking we generally skip the things that really matter to us. During the evolution of humans, sure fast system was part of the brain that helped us to put ourselves at the top of the food chain. However, the slow system was the reason for humans to flourish in the last couple of centuries. Daniel Kahneman explains that the slow system is slower, deliberate, and more rational which compels to look for logic in order to act appropriately. 
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