![]() ![]() Undid lots of what psychologists, experts, doctors, economists believed in -> most prominently, experts are often wrong and humans are not rational but have systematic biases.That’s how Amos would begin: by undoing the mistakes of others. This turns out to be a very powerful way of doing social science. In the end Amos’ died before Danny and Danny received an Nobel prize.Later in their lives they “broke up” as Danny was left in Amos’ shadow. ![]() They first wrote Journals in psychology then moved into other areas such as economics.Danny and Amos were inseparable for decades spending all day together, locked up the two of the, laughing and writing a couple of sentences a day.Danny - lots of emotional Ups and Downs and doubt Amos - charming, clever and confident.First taught and met in Israeli university then both moved to the US, but kept coming back to Israel to teach and fight in wars.Both army psychologist - Kahneman developed scoring system for early recruits to predict how successful they will be.It was for me personally super interesting, as I’ve read dozens of journals co-authored by either or by both main characters - the last one being ‘Thinking Fast and Slow’. It also provides an incredible insight into Israel’s struggles post-WWII until the 90’s. It is a biography about the two psychologists and writers Daniel Kahneman (‘Danny’) and Amos Tversky. “The Undoing Project” gives lots of insights about the birth of heuristics, bias’ and behavioural psychology. ![]()
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