Books like Heuristics
Loved Heuristics by Gerd Gigerenzer? Here are 6 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Heuristics →6 books
- 1Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel KahnemanA widely read account of how intuitive and deliberate thinking produce judgment errors, and the main rival view to the fast and frugal program.
Books like it → - 2The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial
Herbert Alexander SimonThe source of the bounded rationality idea that the book builds on, written by the economist Simon.
- 3Predictably Irrational
Predictably Irrational
Dan ArielyA popular account of systematic mistakes in everyday decisions, useful as a contrast to the program's more positive view of heuristics.
- 4Nudge
Nudge
Cass R. SunsteinApplies research on decision biases to policy design, a practical direction that the heuristics program also discusses.
- 5Sources of Power
Sources of Power
Gary KleinA study of how experienced professionals make fast decisions under pressure, which connects to the program's focus on real-world judgment.
- 6Noise
Noise
Cass R. SunsteinExamines variability in human judgment and how simple rules and algorithms can reduce errors, a topic close to the book's concerns.
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