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Sean Pratt (narrator) and
Eyal Winter
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Inc
Publication date
December 30, 2014
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781469091488
ISBN-10
1469091488
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 5.75 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$35.00
Other format details
audio
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Already a bestseller in Israel, Feeling Smart brings together game theory, evolution, and behavioral science to produce a surprising and very persuasive defense of how we think, even when we don't.
Distinguished authors like Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb have written much about the flaws in the human brain when it comes time to make a decision. Our intuitions and passions frequently fail us, leading to outcomes we don't want.
In this book, Eyal Winter, professor of economics and director of the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, wonders: why? If our emotions are so destructive and unreliable, why has evolution left us with them? The answer is that, even though they may not behave in a purely logical manner, our emotions frequently lead us to better, safer, more optimal outcomes.
In fact, as Winter discovers, there is often logic in emotion and emotion in logic. For instance, many mutually beneficial commitments - such as marriage or being a member of a team - are only possible when underscored by emotion rather than deliberate thought. The difference between pleasurable music and bad noise is mathematically precise, yet it is also the result of evolution. And our inherent overconfidence - the mathematically impossible fact that most people see themselves as above average - affords us advantages in competing for things we benefit from, like food and money and romance. Other subjects illuminated in the book include the rationality of seemingly illogical feelings like trust, anger, shame, ego, and generosity.
Distinguished authors like Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb have written much about the flaws in the human brain when it comes time to make a decision. Our intuitions and passions frequently fail us, leading to outcomes we don't want.
In this book, Eyal Winter, professor of economics and director of the Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, wonders: why? If our emotions are so destructive and unreliable, why has evolution left us with them? The answer is that, even though they may not behave in a purely logical manner, our emotions frequently lead us to better, safer, more optimal outcomes.
In fact, as Winter discovers, there is often logic in emotion and emotion in logic. For instance, many mutually beneficial commitments - such as marriage or being a member of a team - are only possible when underscored by emotion rather than deliberate thought. The difference between pleasurable music and bad noise is mathematically precise, yet it is also the result of evolution. And our inherent overconfidence - the mathematically impossible fact that most people see themselves as above average - affords us advantages in competing for things we benefit from, like food and money and romance. Other subjects illuminated in the book include the rationality of seemingly illogical feelings like trust, anger, shame, ego, and generosity.
Editions
Hardcover
from Public Affairs (December 30, 2014)
9781610394901 | details & prices | 262 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $26.99
About: Which is smarterâyour head or your gut?
About: Which is smarterâyour head or your gut?
CD/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With Sean Pratt (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (December 30, 2014)
9781469091488 | details & prices | 5.25 × 5.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $35.00
About: Already a bestseller in Israel, Feeling Smart brings together game theory, evolution, and behavioral science to produce a surprising and very persuasive defense of how we think, even when we don't.
About: Already a bestseller in Israel, Feeling Smart brings together game theory, evolution, and behavioral science to produce a surprising and very persuasive defense of how we think, even when we don't.
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