1) What was the general theme or argument of the book?
The theme of this book was to help explain to people the true science behind human error and problem solving and how there are two parts to your brain that fight over control during those situations.
2) How did the book, in your opinion, connect with and enhance what you are learning in ENT 3003?
It kind of brings together the creative and open minded thinking of entrepreneurship but also brings the science behind it all and actually explains why and how we make the decisions that we do. This has a lot to do with our business decisions with our company's and how we go about making these decisions and even though they may be so simple to us at times, there is actually so much going on in our brain for those small decisions and we don't even know it. Overall, it really just helped give me a whole other perspective of how I make our decisions and also help us make better ones now that I know some more about it.
3) If you had to design an exercise for this class, based on the book you read, what would that exercise involve?
I would try an exercise like the bat and the ball example he uses where you ask someone a question that is worded specifically to confuse the two parts of your brain and cause you to make an error. We can make a bunch of the those problems and try to work on seeing the words more clear and training our brains to not make that mistake as much. We can also put in normal problems so we can identify which ones are which and eventually students can be able to process all problems correctly and come up with the correct answer no matter how confusing it may be.
4) What was your biggest surprise or 'aha' moment when reading the book? In other words, what did you learn that differed most from your expectations?
When Kahneman talked about leaving your emotions at home, he had some points like the one with the ball and the bat where I was so surprised on how he knew every choice I was going to make in certain situations and told me exactly why I chose that and he was right. When you let your emotions even creep into the picture when it comes to money (which is obviously so easy to do) then odds are you are going to lose. I was not expecting to be read that easily throughout the whole book to be completely honest. He almost made me feel stupid at times and not in a bad way because I learned so much about how vulnerable I am to these situations just because two parts of my brain representing two completely different things are fighting over control and end up causing me to make a wrong decision and in the moment there is nothing I can do about it.
Hey Christian,
ReplyDeleteI also read, "Thinking, Fast and Slow," by Daniel Kahneman earlier in the semester and enjoyed it. It stood out to me because it is important for people to realize that there are multiple ways and speeds of thinking, and none of them are necessarily the more correct way to think. It is the ability to combine these mindsets that will give you the best results at the end.