Daniel Kahneman

Nobel Laureate, Psychologist

Daniel Kahneman was an Israeli American psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate in Economics, renowned for his groundbreaking work on the psychology of judgement and decision making. His bestselling book Thinking, Fast and Slow introduced millions of readers to the two systems that drive the way we think. His research on cognitive biases and prospect theory, conducted with Amos Tversky, fundamentally reshaped the fields of behavioural economics and public policy.

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Books by Daniel Kahneman

Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Kahneman reveals that our minds run on two systems: fast intuition and slow deliberation. Most errors in judgement come from trusting System 1 when the situation demands System 2's careful analysis.

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Noise

by Daniel Kahneman

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Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein reveal that random variability in judgement, noise, causes as much error as bias yet stays invisible. Decision hygiene is the cheapest fix.

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The books Daniel Kahneman references, cites, and recommends most frequently.

The Black Swan

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Taleb argues that rare, unpredictable events drive history far more than gradual trends. Our models systematically underestimate extreme outcomes, with devastating consequences.

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Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Gilbert

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Gilbert reveals that humans are remarkably poor at predicting what will make them happy. Our psychological immune system distorts future expectations in systematic, measurable ways.

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The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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Surowiecki shows that diverse, independent groups often outpredict any single expert. Crowd wisdom works with diversity, independence, and good aggregation, and breaks down without them.

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Sources of Power

by Gary Klein

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Klein studies how experts, firefighters, nurses, commanders, make fast decisions under pressure without formal analysis. Expert intuition works through pattern recognition and mental simulation.

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Predictably Irrational

by Dan Ariely

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Ariely demonstrates through experiments that human irrationality is not random but systematic and predictable. Understanding these patterns reveals why we make the same costly mistakes repeatedly.

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Nudge

by Richard Thaler

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Thaler and Sunstein argue that small changes in how choices are presented, nudges, can dramatically improve decisions without restricting freedom. Choice architecture is a powerful tool for public policy and beyond.

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Descartes' Error

by Antonio Damasio

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Damasio overturns the idea that reason and emotion are separate. His neuroscience research shows that feelings are essential to rational decision-making, not obstacles to it.

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Built to Last

by Jim Collins

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Collins studied companies that sustained exceptional performance for decades. The key: preserve a core ideology while relentlessly adapting strategies. Vision without dogma.

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Flow

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Csikszentmihalyi identifies the state of total absorption where time vanishes and performance peaks. Flow is not random, it arises from clear goals, immediate feedback, and matched challenge.

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Influence Map

Who Daniel draws from, and who draws from Daniel — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.

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Authors who cite Daniel most often

1Adam Grant
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2Steven Pinker
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3Jonah Berger
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4Yuval Noah Harari
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5Robert Cialdini
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6Chip Heath
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7Leonard Mlodinow
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8Jonathan Haidt
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