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The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
Dan Ariely
3.82 AVERAGE
55 reviews for:
The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home
Dan Ariely
3.82 AVERAGE
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
A classic Dan Ariely book, phenomenal from start to finish.
There is no point in needlessly complimenting this book, this is one of those books which make you a smarter person in the end. Period.
Recommend!
There is no point in needlessly complimenting this book, this is one of those books which make you a smarter person in the end. Period.
Recommend!
Dan Ariely's writing style is a good balance of humor and hard data. This book was fun to read and genuinely interesting--debunking commonly held notions and the like. Counterintuitive and therefore, amuzing.
Like Predictably Irrational, this book is interesting and useful. It's also quite moving. Ariely connects his personal experience of being a burn victim (including an excruciating three-year hospital stay) to his research on such topics as pain endurance and assortative mating based on appearance. I appreciate how Ariely calls out the people who have done him wrong, from Audi's customer service to a fellow professor who scheduled makeup sessions during Ariely's own class times. Ariely also inveighs against the banking industry in his explanation of how big bonuses make people too frantic to work effectively (he was dismissed by industry leaders when he brought this research to their attention).
If you're a fan of the Freakanomics books, you will probably like this one.
Not quite as as good as predictable irrational but interesting reading none the less
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
I didn't enjoy this as much as Predictably Irrational. Firstly, the title is poorly chosen, as only in the conclusion does the author address it but mostly the book describes the negative consequences of our irrationality. Also the hypotheses seem a more little obvious than before (e.g. it's not good to break when doing something unpleasant) and I was left wondering whether they needed such extensive research to support them. Also, I can't agree with his findings in the chapter about high-ranking executives. He is too dismissive of the fact that they could simply be more resilient to stress/pressure than the Indian participants he tested.
Having said that, some chapters were more engaging for than others. Dan Ariely does come up with some ingenious (yet remarkably sensible) methods to test his hypotheses. I learned a lot from chapters 2, 3 and 5 about the joy of work, why we overvalue what we make and the psychology of revenge.
Having said that, some chapters were more engaging for than others. Dan Ariely does come up with some ingenious (yet remarkably sensible) methods to test his hypotheses. I learned a lot from chapters 2, 3 and 5 about the joy of work, why we overvalue what we make and the psychology of revenge.
informative
reflective
slow-paced