Resources & Links


Essential Books

Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman The foundational text on System 1/System 2 and cognitive biases. Dense but essential.

Nudge — Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein Choice architecture and libertarian paternalism. How to design for better decisions.

Predictably Irrational — Dan Ariely Accessible introduction to behavioral economics through experiments.

Misbehaving — Richard Thaler The story of behavioral economics and how it challenged traditional economics.

The Undoing Project — Michael Lewis The story of Kahneman and Tversky's collaboration.


Further Reading

Influence — Robert Cialdini Social influence and persuasion principles.

The Art of Thinking Clearly — Rolf Dobelli Catalog of cognitive biases with practical examples.

Stumbling on Happiness — Daniel Gilbert How we misjudge what will make us happy.

Fooled by Randomness — Nassim Taleb Probability, randomness, and our failure to understand them.

Thinking in Bets — Annie Duke Decision-making under uncertainty.


Academic Resources

Behavioral Economics Guide https://www.behavioraleconomics.com Annual guide and resources.

Behavioral Insights Team https://www.bi.team UK government's behavioral insights unit — case studies and research.

Ideas42 https://www.ideas42.org Nonprofit applying behavioral science to social problems.


Tools and Applications

Clearer Thinking https://www.clearerthinking.org Free tools for better reasoning and decision-making.

Decision Journal Templates Various apps and templates for tracking decisions and outcomes.

Calibration Training Games and exercises for improving prediction accuracy.


Related FreeLibrary.ai Books

AI-Powered Personal Finance Apply behavioral insights to money management.

AI-Powered Investing Behavioral finance and portfolio decisions.

AI-Powered Critical Thinking Related reasoning skills.

AI-Powered Productivity Overcoming procrastination and present bias.


Podcasts

Choiceology — Charles Duhigg / Schwab Behavioral economics through stories.

Hidden Brain — Shankar Vedantam Psychology and behavior.

Freakonomics Radio Economics and behavior.


Cynked Ecosystem

FreeLibrary.ai https://freelibrary.ai Free books on AI, behavior, business, and more.

FreeAcademy.ai https://freeacademy.ai Free courses on AI, programming, and skills.

AIWire.ai https://aiwire.ai AI news and insights.

Cynked https://cynked.ai AI consulting for businesses.


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