WHAT WE'RE READING

Reading can open your mind to new ways of thinking about the world. It can also help reduce stress, deepen understanding, sharpen critical thinking and inspire engagement with others on a particular topic. In short, reading connects us to one another.

Our Clinicians' Book Club

We welcome our patients to read along to stimulate productive discussions and build on the sense of community between you and your mental health treatment team.

Thinking, Fast and Slow

By: Daniel Kahneman

What’s it about?

Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation―each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.

Who is it good for?

Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives―and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble.

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