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Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Netherlands1552 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-04 09:34:21
April 04 2012 09:34 GMT
#21
On April 04 2012 07:17 Daigomi wrote:
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On April 04 2012 06:06 Recognizable wrote:
I haven't read blink, but from what I can tell from reading summary's and reviews(I will buy it tommorow) It seems to celebrate the idea of ''rapid cognition'' a bit too much. There are multitudes of situations where thinking instinctively like that leads to a lot of trouble. The best would be to have the ability to recognize situations in which thinking rapid is beneficial and in which it is not. The other books seem interesting as well. I highly recommend Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. It's very much related to all your books you have chosen in the library.
A good review about the book:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/thinking-fast-and-slow-by-daniel-kahneman-book-review.html?pagewanted=all
But for those who are merely interested in Kahneman’s takeaway on the Malcolm Gladwell question it is this: If you’ve had 10,000 hours of training in a predictable, rapid-feedback environment — chess, firefighting, anesthesiology — then blink. In all other cases, think.

I should actually still read that. The only problem I have, in general, with reading books like Ariely and Kahneman's is they're less interesting if you've had to study all the source journal articles already.

For the research I'm currently doing we purchased ten hardcover copies of Thinking Fast and Slow and sent it to the heads of equity at the largest finance firms in SA. The idea is to make them aware of some of the behavioural issues in finance as well as to invoke a sense of reciprocity so that they'll allow us to use their analysts for some research. So far we've got one of the firms on board, still negotiating with the others

EDIT: Sorry for the offtopic Haji, it's just interesting to see people discuss behavioural economics on TL.


I enjoyed reading it a lot, and this book plus other economic related books I have read even makes me considering doing something Economics related instead of Physics/Math. Books like these are great, it's a way of bringing science to a much broader audience. This way I have been getting in touch with all kinds of different scientific fields I didn't even know existed beforehand.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
April 04 2012 15:33 GMT
#22
On April 04 2012 03:29 shannn wrote:
Finally have some time to catch up to reading some of your blogs before football

I used to go to the library every day and read tons of books. Until I learned loving football & discovering the internet I never went to the library again.
Nowadays I just purchase books online and get them delivered or on my iPad. Don't have any regrets on the books I have.

Googled the book "The Art of Thinking". Recommendation? Seems interesting but I'll ask for a recommendation first


I haven't read it yet so I can't really comment. From the looks of it, it's about the different ways in which certain people frame a situation and think about things (5 ways), and how certain people see things in one (or a few) ways while others see the same situation with a different approach. To me, currently interested in how people think and make decisions, it's a subject I want to read.

On April 04 2012 08:33 Tal wrote:
I love libraries. In the UK they've become amazing, but due to a lackluster/invisible PR campaign, no one knows. Once you have your free library card, not only can you take books out from you local library, but you can use your card online (say from home), and order any book from any library in the country, to be delivered to your local library, for free.

It just blows my mind how good the service is, yet no one knows...

I feel the same as you about most of the adult section being pretty lowbrow in my local library.

Good choice on the Gladwell - have you seen his TED talk about the bomber sight? He's a great speaker as well as a writer.


Wow that's amazing.
I regret not taking advantage of the uni library at all while I was studying in the UK.

I've seen at least one talk by Gladwell, but I'm not sure what it was about (great storyteller).

HardlyNever
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1258 Posts
April 04 2012 16:37 GMT
#23
As a soon to be professional librarian (I get my MLS in May), I approve this thread.

Seriously, use your libraries, whatever you have access to. We need and want people to use these resources.
Out there, the Kid learned to fend for himself. Learned to build. Learned to break.
sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
April 04 2012 16:41 GMT
#24
I thought you were studying history? Are you doing both at the same time?
shikata ga nai
HardlyNever
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1258 Posts
April 04 2012 16:43 GMT
#25
On April 05 2012 01:41 sam!zdat wrote:
I thought you were studying history? Are you doing both at the same time?


Yes, it's a dual degree program (MA history/MLS).
Out there, the Kid learned to fend for himself. Learned to build. Learned to break.
shannn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2891 Posts
April 04 2012 18:05 GMT
#26
On April 05 2012 00:33 thedeadhaji wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 04 2012 03:29 shannn wrote:
Finally have some time to catch up to reading some of your blogs before football

I used to go to the library every day and read tons of books. Until I learned loving football & discovering the internet I never went to the library again.
Nowadays I just purchase books online and get them delivered or on my iPad. Don't have any regrets on the books I have.

Googled the book "The Art of Thinking". Recommendation? Seems interesting but I'll ask for a recommendation first


I haven't read it yet so I can't really comment. From the looks of it, it's about the different ways in which certain people frame a situation and think about things (5 ways), and how certain people see things in one (or a few) ways while others see the same situation with a different approach. To me, currently interested in how people think and make decisions, it's a subject I want to read.

Show nested quote +
On April 04 2012 08:33 Tal wrote:
I love libraries. In the UK they've become amazing, but due to a lackluster/invisible PR campaign, no one knows. Once you have your free library card, not only can you take books out from you local library, but you can use your card online (say from home), and order any book from any library in the country, to be delivered to your local library, for free.

It just blows my mind how good the service is, yet no one knows...

I feel the same as you about most of the adult section being pretty lowbrow in my local library.

Good choice on the Gladwell - have you seen his TED talk about the bomber sight? He's a great speaker as well as a writer.


Wow that's amazing.
I regret not taking advantage of the uni library at all while I was studying in the UK.

I've seen at least one talk by Gladwell, but I'm not sure what it was about (great storyteller).


Thanks anyways then :p Guess I'll have to go to the library and just read it and maybe purchase it if I really think it's good xD
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6321864 Epic post.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-16 04:32:41
April 16 2012 04:32 GMT
#27
Finished all the books, so here is my input as promised.

On April 04 2012 03:29 shannn wrote:
Finally have some time to catch up to reading some of your blogs before football

I used to go to the library every day and read tons of books. Until I learned loving football & discovering the internet I never went to the library again.
Nowadays I just purchase books online and get them delivered or on my iPad. Don't have any regrets on the books I have.

Googled the book "The Art of Thinking". Recommendation? Seems interesting but I'll ask for a recommendation first


Decent book, not particularly well written, but fairly practical/useful.


On April 04 2012 02:03 Daigomi wrote:
If you ever get around to reading the Ariely, let me know what you think. My research is purely in that field (applied to investment), so I've used quite a bit of his work in my research. In fact, I applied for a PhD at Columbia (I think it was Columbia) hoping that I could work with him. Didn't get in though


It was a very good book. Perhaps not great, but very good.
I doubt you'll learn anything new from reading it, but Ariely writes well.
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