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Re:Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have ... by sidkhanooja on Saturday December 31, 2022 @02:58AM (#34194542)
For this year, mine was Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

TL;DR - the book explains how humans are predictably irrational and how seeming cognitive ease in decisioning is simply laziness in action since the brain will substitute a tough decision for a similar but easy one! It has made me reflect upon why I think the way I do, helped me to remove most bias from my actions, and also has a great suggestion that you should ask others to check you if you sound stupid, which is not great for your ego but is necessary nonetheless.

Re:Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have ... by 33955985 on Saturday December 31, 2022 @07:48AM (#34195987)
I am a massive, massive fan of Thinking Fast and Slow. However, I am careful about application, because a lot of those studies seem not reproducible.