Ask this book a question : an interactive journey to find wisdom for life's big and little decisions

Ask this book a question An interactive journey to find wisdom for life's big and little decisions

Vicki Tan

Book - 2025

"An exploration into better decision-making, grounded in the science of cognitive bias and the wisdom of storytelling Ask This Book A Question arrives like a trusted friend, one who knows that decision-making is less about unlocking secrets and more about understanding the quiet ways we navigate uncertainty. Through a series of visual prompts, the book maps the invisible geography of our minds-from our perception of time to our tendency to remember the bizarre over the familiar to the shortcuts we take when avoiding difficult truths. This guide isn't a manual for optimization or a promise of quick, definitive answers. Instead, it's a companion for anyone who has ever felt stuck under the weight of too many choices, offering a... thoughtful way to sit with questions"--

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Subjects
Decision making.
Wisdom.
Prise de décision.
Sagesse.
decision making.
Published
New York, NY : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Vicki Tan (author)
Physical Description
xxv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780593716960
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • How to Use This Book
  • Questions
  • Topic
  • Timing
  • Blockers
  • A Big List of Questions
  • Stories
  • Charlie the Dog
  • Buoyancy
  • Mapo Tofu
  • Yancey's Mustache
  • Hanger Math
  • Trim Grass
  • Hsu Ken's Dad
  • Trees
  • Memory-Foam Pillow
  • Slow Shopping
  • Airport Optimism
  • Good at Quitting
  • Newness
  • Full Circle
  • The Rickshaw
  • Doomscrolling
  • Invariables
  • Futureless
  • Pentel 0.5mm Lead
  • Biases
  • Affective Forecasting
  • Ambiguity Effect
  • Anchoring Effect
  • Appeal to Novelty
  • Appeal to Probability
  • Attentional Bias
  • Availability Bias
  • Bizarreness Effect
  • Cathedral Effect
  • Change Blindness
  • Clustering Illusion
  • Confirmation Bias
  • Denomination Effect
  • Dunning-Kruger Effect
  • Effort Justification
  • Endowment Effect
  • Focusing Illusion
  • Functional Fixedness
  • Fundamental Attribution Error
  • Halo Effect
  • Hindsight Bias
  • Hyperbolic Discounting
  • Illusion of Control
  • Illusory Truth Effect
  • In-Group Bias
  • Isolated Choice Effect
  • Loss Aversion
  • Mental Accounting
  • Normalcy Bias
  • Optimism Bias
  • Peak-End Rule
  • Post-Purchase Rationalization
  • Recency Effect
  • Restraint Bias
  • Self-Licensing Effect
  • Status Quo Bias
  • Sunk Cost Fallacy
  • Survivorship Bias
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary of Biases

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