Who recommends it
- The Best Psychology Books for BeginnersReading list
Predictably Irrational is a book by Dan Ariely that explores the psychology of decision-making. Ariely argues that humans are not as rational as they think they are and that many of our decisions are based on emotional factors rather than logic. For example, why do our headaches persist when we take a cheap…
- David KadavyInterview
Die Empty by Todd Henry, Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely and Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom.
- Annie DukeInterview
And then there are so many great nonfiction books: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, The Success Equation by Michael Mauboussin, Kluge by Gary Marcus, Ignorance by Stuart Firestein, Mastermind by Maria Konnikova to name just a few.
- Wes ParhamInterview
Oh Wow. There are a lot. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, The Narcissism Epidemic by Jean Twenge and Keith Campbell, You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney, Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy, God Forsaken and Life After Death the Evidence By Dinesh…
- Brian DunningInterview
Beyond those, you can go in a lot of different directions. One direction that I thoroughly enjoyed was Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. Dan is a behavioural economist and one of my favourite guys, and he gives really fun descriptions of the sociological experiments his lab has conducted and why it’s so easy to…
- Jonah BergerInterview
Apart from my own, I would recommend Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely and Diffusion of Innovations by Everett M. Rogers are all great. Diffusion of Innovations was one of the first books to examine the question of why some products succeed while others fail. The author…
- Jeff WheelerInterview
I’m reading The Immortal Crown by Kieth Merrill, an epic fantasy novel and Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. I’m also reading The Delphi Effect by Rysa Walker, a brand new series by one of my favorite young adult authors, but it’s coming out later this year. It’s nice knowing other authors and getting sneak peeks!
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Pride and Prejudice
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