The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

Michael Lewis, is the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Flash Boys. . He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children

How a Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. They became one of the greatest partnerships in the history of science, working together so closely that they couldn’t remember whose brain originated which ideas, or who should claim credit. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments in uncertain situations. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible. They became heroes in the university and on the ba

“Lewis has written one hell of a love story.” - Jennifer Senior, New York Times“Lewis is the ideal teller of Tversky and Kahneman’s story… You see his protagonists in three dimensionsdeeply likable, but also flawed, just like most of your friends and family.” - David Leonhardt, New York Times Book Review“Fascinating stories about intriguing people.” - Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler, The New Yorker“Brilliant… Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncertainty and the limits of human reason.” - William Easterly, Wall Street Journal“Compelling… The Undoing Project is a history of the birth of behavioral economics, but it’s also Lewis’s testament to the power of collaboration.” - Peter Coy, Bloomberg Businessweek“Intellectually mesmerizing and inspiring.” - Harper's Bazaar“Mind-blowing… The Undoing Project will raise doubts about how you personally perceive reality.” - Don Oldenburg, USA Today“Michael Lewis has a genius for finding stories about people who view reality from an unusual angle and telling these stories in a compulsively readable way.” - Geoffrey Kabat, Forbes“A fantastic read.” - Jesse Singal, New York Magazine“Lewis is a master of the character-driven narrative.” - Charlie Gofen, The National Book Review“Tantalizing and tender… Lewis is an irresistible storyteller and a master at illuminating complicated and fascinating subjects.” - Booklist, starred review

An intellectual adventure that only Michael Lewis could do justice Thanks to works like Psychonomics: The Scientific Conquest of the Human Mind, we know that the field of Behavioral Economics is a kind of wild west of the sciences, filled with speculation, outlaws, and not a little shenanigans. And yet it is by far the most fascinating and controversial science on the popular stage. The Undoing Project is the epic story of how it all came to be.It is a story that only Michael Lewis could write. With his characteristic accessibility and knack for turning the complex into palatable pieces, Lewis presents the foundations of the science by crafting a story about its two visionary scho. Must release an edited version With no doubt, I had great fun reading “The Undoing Project.”I was introduced to the work of Tversky and Kahneman as a college sophomore in 1988 by my teacher, hydrologist Joseph Harrington, who was a great admirer of their ideas. The beauty of what is now called “Prospect Theory” has inevitably stuck with me since. It is only in retrospect that I have come to understand it was radical for its time.So I swallowed whole “Thinking About Thinking” within a week of having read the Michael Lewis review on Bloomberg. And I’ve since really enjoyed the recent near-autobiography of . Absolutely wonderful. Michael Lewis successfully blends two biographies S. Yates 4.5 stars. Absolutely wonderful. Michael Lewis successfully blends two biographies, an intellectual love story (there really is no other way to describe the Kahneman/Tversky partnership), astute sketches of the work they did (in heuristics and biases), and how the partnership had ripple effects in a myriad of areas (from economics to psychology, from medicine to the military, and beyond). The book moves at a brisk pace, never dull, and fleshes out the men behind the scientific work. This vantage point into where Kahneman and Tversky came from, the events that shaped them, their intellectual make-ups, and the alchem