Why We Make Mistakes

约瑟夫·哈里南，《华尔街日报》记者，普利策新闻奖得主，哈佛大学尼曼访问学者。目前生活在芝加哥。

出版者:Broadway Books

作者:Joseph T. Hallinan

页数:283

出版时间:2009-2-1

价格:200

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780767928052

图书标签:心理学心理Psychology经济经济学mistakes思维we

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We forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we’d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn’t), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn’t). Why do we make mistakes? And could we do a little better?

We human beings have design flaws. Our eyes play tricks on us, our stories change in the retelling, and most of us are fairly sure we’re way above average. In Why We Make Mistakes, journalist Joseph T. Hallinan sets out to explore the captivating science of human error--how we think, see, remember, and forget, and how this sets us up for wholly irresistible mistakes.

In his quest to understand our imperfections, Hallinan delves into psychology, neuroscience, and economics, with forays into aviation, consumer behavior, geography, football, stock picking, and more. He discovers that some of the same qualities that make us efficient also make us error prone. We learn to move rapidly through the world, quickly recognizing patterns--but overlooking details. Which is why thirteen-year-old boys discover errors that NASA scientists miss—and why you can’t find the beer in your refrigerator.

Why We Make Mistakes is enlivened by real-life stories--of weathermen whose predictions are uncannily accurate and a witness who sent an innocent man to jail--and offers valuable advice, such as how to remember where you’ve hidden something important. You’ll learn why multitasking is a bad idea, why men make errors women don’t, and why most people think San Diego is west of Reno (it’s not).

Why We Make Mistakes will open your eyes to the reasons behind your mistakes--and have you vowing to do better the next time.

读后感

很有趣的书，它总结了一些人类经常会犯的错误以及出错的原因。 看了之后，对于别人出现的小错误，更能谅解了。都是人嘛 还有一点，本书告诉我们，缺乏睡眠的话，有变成赌徒的倾向。而且还会变得缺乏创造力。睡眠不足好可怕啊

看这书的人一般都想知道为什么，但是作者并没有深入去探究，只是将一个个故事堆叠起来而已。 当然，原作者也很诚实，在书的序里也说了这是一本“他自己平时收集的事情”。 倒是出版社的宣传介绍很吸引人，硬是把什么经济学、心理学、行为学扯上了……鄙视一下中信出版社-__-|...  

书名很吸引人，当时就是因为书名而买的。书的主要内容看看目录就够了，里面的例子多，但是分析少。如果读后，能多思考一下，反观自我，或许有一定的收获。 要点：寻找意义，记牢事情。不要让环境干扰你的判断。小心过于良好的自我感觉。跳出思维定式。  

因为以前看过《决策与判断》，比较这两本书还是有差别的，虽然其中有些例子是相通的，不过《错觉》故事性强一些，许多例子只是提出问题，而没有合理的解释问题，理论研究没有《决策与判断》多，所以读起来轻松些，建议想深入的朋友再去看看《决策与判断》，收获会很多...  

用户评价

还算有趣，有些例子也有现实意义。不过很多地方只提了问题没给解决方式。

很好玩的一些事情，推荐一读

不错的一本书。

还得再看？

广图借的中文版。挺好的，看看我们自己如何错漏百出。