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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
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It would be unfair to label Nudge as 'one of those pop-psychology books' as a. I frown on pop psychology and rate Nudge higher, and b. I'm trying not to generalise.
What I'm trying to say is Nudge fits into the same category as other insightful books such as Gladwell's Blink, or the recent Redirect
[[ASIN:0316010669 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking]]
[[ASIN:0316051888 Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change]]
Beginning with a non-partisan disclaimer Nudge explores the concept of choice architecture: essentially controlling the environment in which people make choices to encourage well-being without directly controlling peoples choice.
Like most insightful type books, Nudge occasionally errs from actually discussing Nudge's and becoming the author's expression of 'how things should be in the world' but is an enjoyable and balanced read nonetheless.
Highlights include The author's discussion of the affects of medical liability insurance, and the privatisation of marriage, but issues from environmentalism and eating peanuts at a party are also included.
Much recommended for anyone wanting to think about politics and interventions a little differently.
What I'm trying to say is Nudge fits into the same category as other insightful books such as Gladwell's Blink, or the recent Redirect
[[ASIN:0316010669 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking]]
[[ASIN:0316051888 Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change]]
Beginning with a non-partisan disclaimer Nudge explores the concept of choice architecture: essentially controlling the environment in which people make choices to encourage well-being without directly controlling peoples choice.
Like most insightful type books, Nudge occasionally errs from actually discussing Nudge's and becoming the author's expression of 'how things should be in the world' but is an enjoyable and balanced read nonetheless.
Highlights include The author's discussion of the affects of medical liability insurance, and the privatisation of marriage, but issues from environmentalism and eating peanuts at a party are also included.
Much recommended for anyone wanting to think about politics and interventions a little differently.
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Dec 25, 2020 09:28PM
I don't like MALCOLM GLADWELL, so I assume this book would be a downer for me.
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Stephen wrote: "I don't like MALCOLM GLADWELL, so I assume this book would be a downer for me."Depends what you don't like about Gladwell, if my memory serves Nudge is a little more technical/factual.
I think it is his brand of counter-intuitive wisdom that has propelled him into pop-culture stardom, His writing is too easily digested for the masses. The Tipping Point was my first exposure to him at the behest of a man that I worked for who ultimately I came to despise. It did not help that he eventually fired me! But he thought Gladwell walked on water. I went to the University of Pennsylvania, he Princeton and the two schools have an intense rivalry so that only added to a myriad of issues. I still dislike him intensely and I have not seen him in close to 20 years. That should help. I am sure it is mis-directed!
Stephen wrote: "I think it is his brand of counter-intuitive wisdom that has propelled him into pop-culture stardom, His writing is too easily digested for the masses. The Tipping Point was my first exposure to hi..."O Gosh - well I don't think this book will sit the same way - I know what you mean about Gladwell though. Sometimes people glom onto a writer of any topic and lose the wisdom along the way
