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11669701 No.11669701 [Reply] [Original]

Why is this book so lauded? I got 3/4 into it and gave up because it's so dry and I learned absolutely nothing new.

>> No.11669726

does it talk about the "marshmellow test" any time a book mentions that i just drop it, another fake social science experiment from stanford telling people what they expect to hear, no thanks

>> No.11669770

He's an important thinker, but I gave up on this book too. Try The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis instead. It's a much more engaging read.

>> No.11669797

>>11669701
Its Guardian reading list tier pop-sci of the month garbage for liberal know nothings. I really have no clue what you would have expected otherwise

>> No.11669826

>>11669797
>Influential in behaviorial economics, a field full of libertarians
>but it's for teh unwashed libs XDDD

>> No.11669839

>>11669701
You know why

>> No.11669849

>>11669826
Do you really think that makes it any better

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11669879

The Righteous Mind is a lot better.