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Nudge
- Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness [Expanded Edition]
- ナレーター: Sean Pratt
- 再生時間: 11 時間 26 分
- カテゴリー: 政治学・社会科学, 社会学
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ホモ・デウス 上: テクノロジーとサピエンスの未来
- 著者: ユヴァル・ノア・ハラリ, 柴田 裕之
- ナレーター: 岩見 聖次
- 再生時間: 10 時間 29 分
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我々は不死と幸福、神性をめざし、ホモ・デウス(神のヒト)へと自らをアップグレードする。そのとき、格差は想像を絶するものとなる。50言語以上に翻訳され、750万部突破の世界的ベストセラー!
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科学と宗教の歴史的振り返りが素晴らしい
- 投稿者: GoGoGoMan 日付: 2020/11/08
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Predictably Irrational
- The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- 著者: Dan Ariely
- ナレーター: Simon Jones
- 再生時間: 7 時間 24 分
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Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions. Why can a 50p aspirin do what a 5p aspirin can't? If an item is free, it must be a bargain, right? Why is everything relative, even when it shouldn't be? How do our expectations influence our actual opinions and decisions? In this astounding audiobook, behavioural economist Dan Ariely cuts to the heart of our strange behavior....
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Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- 著者: Richard Thaler
- ナレーター: L. J. Ganser
- 再生時間: 13 時間 35 分
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Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth - and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
- 著者: Daniel Kahneman
- ナレーター: Patrick Egan
- 再生時間: 20 時間 2 分
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The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking. Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains....
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Should probably read the book with it.
- 投稿者: Shawn Afshar 日付: 2018/11/18
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The Influential Mind
- What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others
- 著者: Tali Sharot
- ナレーター: Xe Sands
- 再生時間: 5 時間 24 分
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In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali Sharot takes us on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence. We all have a duty to affect others - from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we become better? It turns out that many of our instincts - from relying on facts and figures to shape opinions, to insisting others are wrong or attempting to exert control - are ineffective because they are incompatible with how people's minds operate.
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Start with Why
- How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Int'l Edit.)
- 著者: Simon Sinek
- ナレーター: Simon Sinek
- 再生時間: 7 時間 12 分
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Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their successes over and over? People like Martin Luther King, Jr.; Steve Jobs; and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. Their natural ability to start with why enabled them to inspire those around them and to achieve remarkable things.
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ホモ・デウス 上: テクノロジーとサピエンスの未来
- 著者: ユヴァル・ノア・ハラリ, 柴田 裕之
- ナレーター: 岩見 聖次
- 再生時間: 10 時間 29 分
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我々は不死と幸福、神性をめざし、ホモ・デウス(神のヒト)へと自らをアップグレードする。そのとき、格差は想像を絶するものとなる。50言語以上に翻訳され、750万部突破の世界的ベストセラー!
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科学と宗教の歴史的振り返りが素晴らしい
- 投稿者: GoGoGoMan 日付: 2020/11/08
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Predictably Irrational
- The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
- 著者: Dan Ariely
- ナレーター: Simon Jones
- 再生時間: 7 時間 24 分
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Why do smart people make irrational decisions every day? The answers will surprise you. Predictably Irrational is an intriguing, witty and utterly original look at why we all make illogical decisions. Why can a 50p aspirin do what a 5p aspirin can't? If an item is free, it must be a bargain, right? Why is everything relative, even when it shouldn't be? How do our expectations influence our actual opinions and decisions? In this astounding audiobook, behavioural economist Dan Ariely cuts to the heart of our strange behavior....
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Misbehaving
- The Making of Behavioral Economics
- 著者: Richard Thaler
- ナレーター: L. J. Ganser
- 再生時間: 13 時間 35 分
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Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans - predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth - and change the way we think about economics, ourselves, and our world.
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
- 著者: Daniel Kahneman
- ナレーター: Patrick Egan
- 再生時間: 20 時間 2 分
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The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and enlightening summary of his life's work. It will change the way you think about thinking. Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains....
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Should probably read the book with it.
- 投稿者: Shawn Afshar 日付: 2018/11/18
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The Influential Mind
- What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others
- 著者: Tali Sharot
- ナレーター: Xe Sands
- 再生時間: 5 時間 24 分
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In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali Sharot takes us on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence. We all have a duty to affect others - from the classroom to the boardroom to social media. But how skilled are we at this role, and can we become better? It turns out that many of our instincts - from relying on facts and figures to shape opinions, to insisting others are wrong or attempting to exert control - are ineffective because they are incompatible with how people's minds operate.
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Start with Why
- How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Int'l Edit.)
- 著者: Simon Sinek
- ナレーター: Simon Sinek
- 再生時間: 7 時間 12 分
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Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their successes over and over? People like Martin Luther King, Jr.; Steve Jobs; and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. Their natural ability to start with why enabled them to inspire those around them and to achieve remarkable things.
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行動経済学の逆襲 下
- 著者: リチャード セイラー, 遠藤 真美
- ナレーター: 橋本 英樹
- 再生時間: 9 時間 5 分
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旧態依然の経済学界に渦巻く非難をはねのけ、認知バイアスに関する研究成果を着実に積み上げていった著者は、それらの知見を逆用し人々をより合理的な行動へと導く画期的手法「ナッジ」を提唱する。
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図表も見ずに聞き流すには意外に適したコンテンツ
- 投稿者: 星長春 日付: 2020/05/26
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Poor Economics
- A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
- 著者: Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
- ナレーター: Brian Holsopple
- 再生時間: 11 時間 30 分
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries. Drawing on this and their 15 years of research from Chile to India, Kenya to Indonesia, they have identified wholly new aspects of the behavior of poor people, their needs, and the way that aid or financial investment can affect their lives. Their work defies certain presumptions: that microfinance is a cure-all, that schooling equals learning....
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Barking up the Wrong Tree
- The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
- 著者: Eric Barker
- ナレーター: Roger Wayne
- 再生時間: 9 時間
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By looking at what separates the extremely successful from the rest of us, we learn what we can do to be more like them - and find out, in some cases, why it's good that we aren't. Barking up the Wrong Tree draws on startling statistics and surprising anecdotes to help you understand what works and what doesn't, so you can stop guessing at success and start living the life you want.
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Moonwalking with Einstein
- The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
- 著者: Joshua Foer
- ナレーター: Mike Chamberlain
- 再生時間: 9 時間 31 分
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Foer's unlikely journey from chronically forgetful science journalist to U.S. Memory Champion frames a revelatory exploration of the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. On average, people squander forty days annually compensating for things they've forgotten. Joshua Foer used to be one of those people. But after a year of memory training, he found himself in the finals of the U.S. Memory Championship. Even more important, Foer found a vital truth we too often forget.
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inspirational
- 投稿者: Eve on isle 日付: 2019/07/29
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Factfulness
- Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
- 著者: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
- ナレーター: Simon Slater
- 再生時間: 7 時間 59 分
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Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of carrying only opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends - why the world's population is increasing; how many young women go to school; how many of us live in poverty - we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.
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A compass to cruise the uncertain world
- 投稿者: "1az" 日付: 2020/08/21
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Mindset
- The New Psychology of Success
- 著者: Carol S. Dweck
- ナレーター: Bernadette Dunne
- 再生時間: 10 時間 23 分
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After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mind-set. In this brilliant book, she describes how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mind-set and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mind-set.
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Essentialism
- The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
- 著者: Greg McKeown
- ナレーター: Greg McKeown
- 再生時間: 6 時間 14 分
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By forcing us to apply a more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy - instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us. Essentialism is not one more thing - it’s a whole new way of doing everything. It’s about doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.
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On the Road
- 著者: Jack Kerouac
- ナレーター: Matt Dillon
- 再生時間: 10 時間 15 分
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Sal Paradise, a young innocent, joins his hero Dean Moriarty, a traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat, on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American dream.
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行動経済学の逆襲 上
- 著者: リチャード セイラー, 遠藤 真美
- ナレーター: 橋本 英樹
- 再生時間: 8 時間 59 分
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二〇一七年ノーベル経済学賞受賞! これまでの経済学が想定してきた人間像は、すべて嘘なのでは?
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- 投稿者: 星長春 日付: 2020/05/26
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Built to Last
- Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great, Book 2)
- 著者: Jim Collins
- ナレーター: Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras
- 再生時間: 6 時間 16 分
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Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper long into the 21st century and beyond.
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A Promised Land
- 著者: Barack Obama
- ナレーター: Barack Obama
- 再生時間: 29 時間 10 分
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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The Art of Choosing
- 著者: Sheena Iyengar
- ナレーター: Orlagh Cassidy
- 再生時間: 10 時間 32 分
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Sheena Iyengar asks the difficult questions about how and why we choose: Is the desire for choice innate or bound by culture? Why do we sometimes choose against our best interests? How much control do we really have over what we choose? Sheena Iyengar's award-winning research reveals that the answers are surprising and profound.
あらすじ・解説
Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy; we often make bad decisions involving education, personal finance, health care, mortgages and credit cards, the family, and even the planet itself.
Thaler and Sunstein invite us to enter an alternative world, one that takes our humanness as a given. They show that by knowing how people think, we can design choice environments that make it easier for people to choose what is best for themselves, their families, and their society.
Using colorful examples from the most important aspects of life, Thaler and Sunstein demonstrate how thoughtful "choice architecture" can be established to nudge us in beneficial directions without restricting freedom of choice. Nudge offers a unique new take - from neither the left nor the right - on many hot-button issues, for individuals and governments alike. This is one of the most engaging and provocative audiobooks to come along in many years.
Included in this recording are a bonus chapter and a Postscript that was added in the paperback edition.
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- S. Greene
- 2009/05/02
Awfully awfully long
I actually agree generally with the positions the authors advocate; but the book is way too long, making it very difficult to sit through in the audiobook format. If you're interested in this topic, I'd suggest the print format so you can skip ahead if you already have read anything about behavioral economics (several chapters repeat basic stuff from the field) or if you can "get it" after one or two examples and don't particularly need to hear the third, and fourth, and fifth.
Personally I also find the narration monotonous... though it is a dry topic so can't necessarily fault the reader :).
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- Jay
- 2013/06/08
An overly long Nudge in the right direction
Any additional comments?
I accidentally stumbled upon a group of books that support a theory I call "our little fake worldviews." My theory is, basically, that large amounts of things we believe -- and do so very firmly in some instances -- aren't even true.
The first in the series I found was "Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. This book was followed by, The Self Illusion: Why There Is No "You" Inside Your Head, by Bruce Hood. Both of these books are highly recommended. Later, I found "Thinking, Fast and Slow," by Daniel Kahneman, which I'm reading now.
The basis of the books are that people are terribly easy to manipulate. For example, if you can prime someone by asking the question in a certain way, you can skew the answers given to the question. For example, if you ask the question, "Did Gandhi live to be 144 years old?" You can make people give a much higher age of death for Gandhi than his actual age when he died. Why? Because by inserting "144 years old" into the question, the majority of people start at 144 years old and go down, having a mental image of a very old man in the process (This example was actually from "Thinking, Fast and Slow," by Daniel Kahneman).
The first section of Nudge is very similar to the above books, being filled with interesting studies that show how little there actually is to "us." While very good, unfortunately, some of the studies had actually been covered in the above books somewhere. At some points, it seemed that entire paragraphs were interchangeable between books, as there were sections that I remember almost word for word from other books. I'm not sure who quoted, who, though, or which books even.
The second section of the book is about retirement plans, investing, insurance, etc. The connection to the first section is that, if people are "nudged" in the right direction (by subtle manipulation), the public at large can be pushed in a direction that benefits both the individual and society as a whole. The authors seem to think they are taking a libertarian position while doing their nudging, but as someone who has studied a lot of libertarians philosophy, nothing really jumped out at me as being overtly libertarian in origin.
Unfortunately, the authors are very long winded. The first section of the book is admittedly really interesting. However, if you don't actually have investments, stock, or retirement plans at work, you can just skip the second half of the book. It is tedious and boring.
While I'm sure the book may be of some help to people who actually have investments, stock, retirement plans, etc., this book could be skipped in favor of the similar but better books mentioned above. If you are interested in this book because of its purported libertarian leanings, I would suggest something from Ron Paul instead.
All in all, I am not disappointed for buying the book, but I sure wouldn't put this at the top of my list for must reads.
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- rbender
- 2009/11/17
Initial point is interesting but way too long
The takeaway that I got from this book is that the way questions are expressed or items are presented will influence (nudge) our decisions. Its an interesting point and was supported by a few good initial examples (I like the term "Choice Architect" that they coined). After that, the point was reinforced with many, many (too many) examples. Most (if not all) were to support their political agenda. 'We feel this agenda is right so we should nudge the public to decide the way they should using these tactics...' Over and over and over for 12 hours... Stop listening after the 1st hour and you'll get enough.
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- Ken
- 2018/11/21
Book is dated for 2018
To be fair, this book was written in 2008. As of this review is is 2018 and most of the suggestions either exist in some fashion or are outdated. While giving insight into behavioral economics I did not find anything insightful. Finally, thank god I didn’t have to drink every time “libertarian paternalism” was used in the book. I would have died from alcohol poisoning before chapter 2 was done.
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- Doug
- 2017/10/30
Libertarian Socialism
The author, Dr. Richard Thaler, won a Nobel Prize recently for his work, which is outlined in this book. He labeled his School of Thought as ‘Libertarian Paternalism’ in that his models for economic behavior protect choice, hence ‘libertarian,’ and that there’s a ‘father-knows-best’ attitude in protecting people from their own irrational selves, hence ‘paternalism.’ The big new idea here is that markets are irrational. Throughout most of the 20th Century, economists marveled at the successes of the free market and assigned these successes to individuals making rational choices in the marketplace, or ‘acting in their own best interest.’ This ‘self-interest’ was a loathed, but rational mechanism that, when spread over millions of private decisions, by millions of people, each acting prudently, an invisible hand crystallized to steer society in the best direction. Oddly, Dr. Thaler doesn’t dispute the superior overall results of a free market system, but he attempts to discredit it nonetheless.
I believe Dr. Thaler discovered what we already know: human beings make poor long-term decisions in favor of instant gratification. In nearly all the book’s examples, human choices appeared flawed when the consequences of those choices were delayed in the future. The time component confused our decision-making. If a child chooses cake over an avocado & turkey sandwich, that decision is deemed ‘irrational.’ When faced with labyrinthine health care plans, where the services, quality and actual medical costs all occur in the future, people seemed to make ‘irrational’ choices. The overarching principle for ‘Nudge Theory’ is that if academics design better menus, then people can make better choices for long-term decisions.
But I must say, Dr. Thaler hasn’t debunked the basic rationality of the free market. To this day, regular people make highly rational decisions in the marketplace when long term effects aren’t the only concern. If I want to buy a house, and there are two competing homes, one costs $200,000 and the other costs $220,000. If there is nothing to justify the extra $20,000 in the second home, then I’ll buy the first home. This Principle of Substitution lets me compare options and prices and allows me to act prudently and in my best interest. These basic value decisions occur constantly and drive the market. Whether I can afford the house or whether I bought it right before the housing market collapsed is where you’ll find Dr. Thaler shaking his head in academic frustration.
One thing about Dr. Thaler that must be commended at all costs, is that he is a problem solver. Many books exalt themselves in their criticism of the world as it is, but here, the esteemed economist focuses his time and energy in providing measurable solutions. When I read, I want to hear solutions. Tell me how to make the world better. Whether or not Dr. Thaler is on the right track can and should be debated. But the fact that he’s out there, boldly presenting his ideas to the world is what counts. I like the idea of nudging for some investment security and I like the idea of nudging where safety is concerned. Beyond that, nudging serves the nudgee’s preconceived notions of ‘the good’ for the individual and for society.
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- Dale
- 2011/09/18
I cannot recommend this book
What did you like best about Nudge? What did you like least?
I really have a difficult time saying what I liked about this book. I didn't hate it, but like other reviewers, found it lacked focus and was repetitive. I stuggled to get through it and in the end gave up, which is unusual for me. I enjoyed "Influence, The Power to Change Anything" by Kerry Patterson (and others) much more.
What was most disappointing about Richard H. Thaler, and Cass R. Sunstein???s story?
The story could have been more concise. The points made are simple enough but get lost in the detailed examples, which are often a re-hash of material from the work of others
What three words best describe Sean Pratt???s voice?
It is fine, but the book was not, so its hard to be enthusiastic about his performance.
Was Nudge worth the listening time?
No
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- Randy
- 2009/03/20
Libertarianism - interesting!
An interesting read/listen. Listeners should be aware that this is essentially a political manifesto, laying out the philosophy of libertarianism along with many real examples of the application of this way of thinking. This book is not so much about how an individual can make better decisions but how a government (or a marketer) can "architect" or present the choices so as to influence the "best" choice. The "best" choice could be with respect to the individual, to society as a whole or who ever is trying to sell you something. This book is eye-opening as a warning against sales tactics that might be employed upon you and also a refreshing alternative to traditional politics.
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- Clif
- 2019/08/31
Abandoned halfway through
I like Thaler and Sunstein generally, and the content is important, but it didn't hold my attention and eventually I gave up.
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- SvP
- 2017/04/03
Slow
Where does Nudge rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I found the book hard to get through, the examples are long and (imho) not very entertaining. It made me lose track of the conclusions.
What didn’t you like about Sean Pratt’s performance?
It's well narrated, but slow. Some people may very well thinks that's a plus though.
What insight do you think you’ll apply from Nudge?
Nudge's message is about marketing and self-improvement alike, and anyone who thinks they take conscious and deliberate actions every day may be shocked by the truth ;-)
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- Patricia
- 2010/03/07
extremely boring
I feel like I wasted a credit and precious hours of my time listening to this book. I kept telling myself to give it a chance and it might just get better...but it didn't, it's boring all along
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- Andy Parsons
- 2009/09/17
A hot title for libertarians who want to do good
How many economists can you invite to a dinner party without spoiling it for everyone else? Why do I pull on doors that say push? Why is their no logic to my saving and borrowing? Why do I put up with default settings on my computer that annoy me?
All of these question and many more have been answered by this book along with why government campaigns on obesity are making matters worse. How to solve the pension crisis and how to get people to drink less without turning into a fascist.
"Libertarian paternalism" they call it or how to design and frame choices so that they have positive outcomes that individuals and society would want when they are thinking logically.
It?s a very important book and highly influential on some decision makers in the UK and the States, I knew that when I bought it; what I didn?t expect was that it would be so funny. I have laughed out loud half a dozen times and not just at the rich vein of references to Homer Simpson who is repeatedly referenced.
I did nod off during the long chapter on the American pension system though there are useful parallels but generally it is highly entertaining and very thought provoking.
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- Matthew Boyle
- 2011/04/20
Nudge
Not my favourite book, in fact It has been a while since I have struggled to read an audible book like this one. Behavioural economics books are generally fascinating, but this one applies very few principles to endless obvious examples; the cover is the high point. Read Dan Ariely instead.
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- Rob B
- 2015/08/03
Some interesting points but far too much duplication
Quite a good read but is far longer than needs to be as repeats / reiterates the same points over rather than further exploring and developing the ideas. By the time it got to the section of US medical records I had started to lose the will to live and nearly gave up !
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- R
- 2012/12/24
Choice architecture
This is the "applications" book that (for me) follows on from the theory presented in nobel prize winner Daniel Kahnemann's "Thinking, fast and slow" - so if you haven't read that, my hunch is that you won't get this - it may seem too superficial, even though each topic is taken in some detail. I think it is excellent and gives good advice for anyone who is a "choice architect" - including governments - on how to help people make better choices. Along the way the authors also give some financial planning advice!
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- Mr. D. Hignett
- 2017/08/16
Some good points, but overall truly awful
I tried and tried to listen to all of this but had to give up just over half way through. It has some good points but overall it's awful to listen to and badly structured.
Here what I didn't like:
- It talks a lot about out of date stuff like 'how to handle the subprime crisis' that happened 10 years ago
- Early chapters refer to tables or images that you can't see. There is a PDF to download but I don't intend to refer to that when I'm out walking or in the car
- half way through a chapter it would audibly tell you it's the next chapter - no effort to align the audible recording with the chapters
- From a UK perspective, there is too much talk about US politics and policy that didn't add value for me personally
- The overall context (possibly a mix of the tone of voice and language used) was too much to listen to. I have read and listened to a lot of business and non-fiction books so am used to technical jargon but this audible was too much.
Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend this book.
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- Jim
- 2017/11/09
Interesting but out of date.
This was forward thinking ten years ago! Doesn’t take into account human adaptability ie a lot of these nudges have a shelf life as people either get bored with the novelty of them (flies no longer in toilets at Schiphol), learn ie which speed bump is real or become aware of the nudge, feel manipulated and ignore, resist or reject it.
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- C
- 2016/07/02
didn't make it to chapter 3
basic information presented in a convoluted fashion. there may be insightful answers to the myriad of examples later on in the book. I never made it that far to find out.
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- Martin
- 2019/05/22
Interesting... and then, rubbish.
Nudge starts out with some really interesting observations and insights into human behaviour concerning choice and what drives us to feel like we control our own decision making process. Evidence shows how these choices can be manipulated by subtle (and not so subtle) 'nudges' that influence our subconscious into changing those choices to those favoured by 'decision architects'. Sadly the book has two authors and it seems like they each had enough content for only half a book. By collaborating they could fill enough pages to publish a full book. This is only my opinion, but the shift from a science lead discourse on behavioural psychology to a boring rant on the American society is abrupt. Where the first half is based on thought provoking quirks of behaviour backed by empirical evidence and logic, the second half offers hours of tedious rants backed by dubious opinion with only slight nods towards the books central theme of nudging human decisions. It's a real shame as there is half a good book here, but ultimately I cannot spend half a credit so I nudged myself to choose a refund.
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- Sara
- 2010/02/07
Disappointing
I was really looking forward to this audiobook and it started off being quite promising. I liked the idea that behaviour can be changed by simple nudges and it was this that appealed to me. However as a UK listener the emphasis on American society lost me at several points, particularly the chapter on pensions and medicaid. I suppose this is so different from our NHS system that I found it hard to relate to. Eventually I abandoned it. There were some interesting points, but overall not one of my favourites.
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- JC
- 2020/01/19
Reject the paternalists
They believe that people like them should be allowed to interfere in other’s lives because they know better than them what’s in their interests. N.Taleb explains why this is dangerous and wrong, very convincingly.
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- kiara.fay
- 2019/06/30
very informative
very informative and insightful. only issue was that the file is glitchy at the end, had to re-download it 6 times to get through the last 30 min.
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- Julie
- 2018/08/30
Interesting Insight
This book is an interesting insight into the way humans are influenced and nudge by people and their environment into doing certain things. A must read for any sales person trying to gain an edge in the art of nudging
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- Jared
- 2017/12/08
essential listening
essential listening for everyone who makes decisions and especially for those who create choices for others.
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- Kussi
- 2017/04/26
fantastic and informative!
very useful to understand how I am nudged and how to effectively nice myself! Love it!
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- Andrew Ko
- 2020/11/26
Completely US-centric
All case studies and examples in this book are from the US so may not be directly relatable if you're from another country. I listened to "thinking fast and slow" before this book and the author Daniel Kahneman have mentioned a few of the same studies mentioned in this book
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- Elena Williams
- 2020/10/01
Thaler is special
If the term "Libertarian Paternalism" gives you the heebie-jeebies (for any of the many reasons it might) then this book is not for you. The core thesis is the idea of Libertarian Paternalism and he says it constantly throughout. Also, not sure if it's the "big deal" prize or if Thaler was always like this, but he sure comes across as thinking very highly of his own ideas and experiences. Detracts from substance of the academic thesis. Other equally as high profile academics come across as having more objectivity than is demonstrated here. Agree whole-heartedly with those saying it's America-centric. The doctor bit seems so inside-baseball. Has *not* aged well in the 2016+ politcal climate (repeal and replace is the new mantra Thaler, decency is far down the list of cultural priorites). This is a "before times" book. Wouldn't recommend.
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- Mick
- 2020/09/11
Well thought out
I was more interested in the beginning but towards the second half of the book I found it became dry and more geared towards American readers (obviously who the author was targeting although many aspects of this book can be adjusted to suit). The reader was very good and easy to listen to.
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- 匿名
- 2020/09/05
Outstanding narration
Outstanding narration and a thought provoking book, but often the ideas presented seemed... Obvious. Less emphasis on convincing the reader that nudges work, and more emphasis on guiding the reader to think of creative nudges for one's own life would be better.
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- adamwoodsaus
- 2020/02/03
How can you use Nudges in your life?
Brilliant book. The principles that Nudge introduces have such wide-ranging application. From healthcare, to finance, to school choice, Thaler and Sunstein, makes compelling arguments for the process of creating small actions to encourage behaviour in a certain way. No doubt these principles could be used for nefarious means, but the authors go to great lengths to talk about how Nudges can be a force for good. I liked that. Personally I found multiple practical uses for my life and work and have already put a few into action. In my experience, there are not too many about which that can be said. If I had one criticism (and it really isn’t a criticism) it would be that the book was very USA-centric. Understandable given that is the country of the author and probably the audience for whom they were writing the book. I dare say this would be a useful book for most people, irrespective of your job.
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- Daniel
- 2018/02/06
USA centric; the world is beyond
Some chapters only focus on US systems... The concepts of nudging makes sense and often interesting examples used to illustrate points