The Undoing Project explores the close partnership of Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose work on heuristics in judgment and decision-making demonstrated common errors of the human psyche, and how that partnership eventually broke apart.

Dec 6, 2016 · How a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process.

Dec 6, 2016 · One of the greatest partnerships in the history of science, Kahneman and Tversky’s extraordinary friendship incited a revolution in Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible.

Dec 7, 2016 · The book “The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds,” by Michael Lewis, tells the story of the psychologists Amos Tversky, left, and Daniel Kahneman, right.

Sep 22, 2023 · Quick Summary: The book delves into the world of behavioral economics and the extraordinary partnership between two psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, who together transformed the way we think about decision-making. 1. The Power and Peril of Intuition. 2. Framing Matters. 3. Recognize and Challenge Cognitive Biases.

Dec 6, 2016 · In “The Undoing Project,” Michael Lewis tells the story of the friendship and work of Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, and how they changed our understanding of human...

“Brilliant. . . . Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncertainty and the limits of human reason.” —William Easterly, Wall Street Journal , The Undoing Project, A Friendship That Changed Our Minds, Michael Lewis, 9780393354775

Oct 31, 2017 · In The Undoing Project, Lewis shows how their Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.

Dec 6, 2016 · In The Undoing Project, Lewis shows how their Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. What are popular highlights? When they made decisions, people did not seek to maximize utility. They sought to minimize regret.

Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breath taking original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments in uncertain situations.