![]() ![]() Hearing about their work and their lives, Lewis decided to tell their. ![]() ![]() He recalls reading a review of Moneyball that criticized the book for being unaware of the ideas of two psychologists who had pioneered the field of decision making: Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman. The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis never would have happened without another of his best-sellers, Moneyball. Lewis reflects on the extent to which the ideas explored in Moneyball have become popular in different fields, but bemoans the fact that engagement with the ideas is often shallow. The book looks at how their work on heuristics and decision-making demonstrated the common errors in the human psyche. In the Introduction, Lewis discusses the cultural impact of one of his earlier books, Moneyball, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and their use of statistical analysis to improve decision making regarding the management of the team. The Undoing Project is a fascinating book which looks at the relationship between two psychologists, Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahnemann, and the implications it had for understanding human nature. ![]() The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis tells the story of how the ideas and friendship of two Israeli academics – Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman – revolutionized the fields of psychology and economics. ![]()
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