Very thorough presentation of a topic on thinking

very thorough presentation of a topic on thinking. Highly enjoyable and recommended. lots of interesting and useful information

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Interesting is muddled

If you could sum up The Art of Thinking Clearly in three words, what would they be?

Interesting, random, thoughtful.

What did you like best about this story?

It challenges the way you think about everyday situations, statistics and news.

What does Jonathan Keeble bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

He narrates it with humour and notably engaging inflection. It is not a 'story' but a collection of observations and advice on how to analyse and consider news, statistics and life in general, so it needed someone who could liven up the 'dry' content which he mostly does successfully.

Any additional comments?

This is a book that makes you think about how you think, what you take for granted and why a lot of what you see in the media might, in fact, be rubbish! It concentrates a bit too much on 'money' but having said that I really enjoyed it. It will certainly help me stop and think before reaching erroneous conclusions in the future. My only criticism is that it could provide a bit more of an 'overview' as this amounts to a collection of fairly random musings without much guidance on when and how to apply them.

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My best read this year!

A must read to navigate an ever increasingly complex world, giving the reader tools to strike a balance between heuristics and logic. Superb!

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Good

Good book. Felt that it could have been shorter. Overlap between chapters. Otherwise great narration and examples.

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Good to dip into

Well written and easy to digest, easy to dip into when you need a refresher, concepts well articulated and structured

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Some interesting concepts

If you could sum up The Art of Thinking Clearly in three words, what would they be?

Certainly gives you something to think about

Who was your favorite character and why?

No characters in this book

What does Jonathan Keeble bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

He reads clearly and concisely but a bit boring from time to time.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It was an interesting read - not emotional!

Any additional comments?

The book introduced some interesting concepts - a lot that happen in ever day life.

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incredible listen and very eye opening book

loved every chapter of it. chapters are divided in bite size chunks, perfect for your commute and quick listens.

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Good but heavy.

The book was a fairly heavy listening but as always Keebles preformance was excellent! I do recommend this book for its usefulness.

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fantastic

one of my favourite non fiction reads, I've read so many personal development, self help, business books and this really cuts the crap. Will definitely listen to this again and probably buy the physical book to highlight some key points.

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An insight into our irrational brain

This book itself makes comparison's to Daniel Kahneman's 'Thinking Fast and Slow'. I would compare it also to 'You Are Not So Smart' by David McRaney, and to a lesser extent 'I Think You'll Find It's A Bit More Complicated Than That' by Ben Goldacre. There's around 100 short chapters, each answers the 'what', the 'why' and the 'how to deal with it', for lots of good practical advice and techniques.
He does make some spurious assertions or errors when operating outside of his circle of competence, e.g. when repeatedly asserting a specific evolutionary cause to a psychological mechanism (which makes a great story but attributing any causal relationship is a challenge), or where discussing the debated idea of 'willpower depletion', or when he says no books have been written on uncertainty, and where he says that risk management doesn't consider uncertainty, he makes errors. He also doesn't understand the meaning of scientific theory, made clear in the last chapter. This is a business guy talking about broad landscape of subjects so what do you expect. He does make clear that he is just as fallible as the rest of us. Anyway I listened to this twice.

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