I found this largely fascinating. Understanding how our brain works to code information and make decisions is quite the trip. Kahenman makes it easy for the layperson to understand. His aim, he says is to create that watercooler conversation rather than academic debate. I found I was enthralled by the first half of the book and found the second half more heavy weather but it was still well worth reading. It made me think about the things I tell myself and it was also good to know that I am not the only person with a lazy brain. I'm just more open about my laziness.

have read a fair number of books on behavioural economics in the past and was really looking forward to reading this one. It is a good book, a lot of what Kahneman has written about in here has been the foundation off the subject, and was no doubt the reason that he was awarded the Nobel Prize. There is lots of good stuff in here about how people make choices, and how the various systems in the mind can benefit and hinder the way people make those choices. However, the book can ramble on a bit, and would have benefitted from better editing. Much preferred reading Nudge and the Decisive Moment.