TheUndoingProject

Best-selling author Michael Lewis explores how a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind has fundamentally transformed our understanding of reality.

Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky conducted a series of groundbreaking studies that challenged our traditional assumptions about decision-making processes. Their research highlighted the systematic errors made by human minds when trying to ascertain judgments on uncertain situations. This groundbreaking work created the field of behavioral economics and revolutionized the study of Big Data, evidence-based medicine, government regulation, and much of Lewis's own work. Kahneman and Tversky's research is the basis for the modern-day trend of relying on algorithms over human intuition, making them responsible for this influential shift in thinking.

In Lewis's book The Undoing Project, he delves into the captivating partnership between two men, who themselves are akin to great literary figures. Both distinguished themselves as heroes in the university and military, with their research heavily influenced by their life experiences. This collaboration may well have forever changed humanity's perception of the mind's capabilities.

作者简介

MichaelLewis,isthebest-sellingauthorofLiar’sPoker,Moneyball,TheBlindSide,andFlashBoys.HelivesinBerkeley,California,withhiswifeandthreechildren.