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# Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser

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Maxims for Thinking Analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Full of wisdom about how to make better decisions and also about how to live fuller, happier lives
  

*by F***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2021*

Dan Levy has written a wonderful, compassionate book, that allows readers to tap into the wisdom of Richard Zeckhauser and his legendary 40-year standing course in Analytical Thinking at the Harvard Kennedy School. I believe is wonderful, because it is written in language that is accessible for the non-specialized reader, without losing the essence of the principles. And it is compassionate because it is cognizant of the mental biases and flaws human beings have in the process of thinking and decision-making.There are maxims here that have the potential to enhance decision-making and help readers live a better life, organized around five areas: thinking straight, dealing with uncertainty, decision-making, understanding policy, and living fully. They are all illustrated with specific examples from real-life situations, going from choosing a marriage partner, cancer treatments, or designing and implementing an appropriate Covid19 response strategy; told by a wide range of people from Zeckhauser's teaching assistants to the Prime Minister of Singapore.My favorite maxims incidentally came back-to-back in the book. Number 14 on applying the notion of elasticity - often elusive even to economics' students - to everyday situations. Love the notion that we cannot decide between doing more of A or more of B, without considering how much of A and B are we already doing, to begin with. Amazing to how many situations this simple principle applies! And then Number 15, on the importance of understanding heterogeneity in data, that is not particularly relying on averages, because the average person more often than not is actually an individual that does not look alike anybody, be it an individual or group. Instead, understanding heterogeneity allows you to divide the population into sub-groups, with very different characteristics and behaviors. I found the example on how understanding heterogeneity in Covid19 transmission of average rates - groups with very low contagion rates versus "super-spreaders" very enlightening when thinking about Covid19 policy responses.Don't be put off by jargon, an additional value-added of the book is to teaching you some vocabulary that will make you sound sophisticated in cocktail parties!Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A practical book
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 October 2021*

This book offers some useful mental models for helping one to figure out complex problems. The structure is very simple, a maxim is laid out and then three or four real-life examples are given to elaborate on each and how this has helped them to think about a problem. This is a highly practical book, and during the reading of the book you will begin to think about some of your own decisions. I have used some of the maxims in the book to help figure out how long I should keep running my ageing car to optimise economy and even career direction.The constant tributes to Zeckhauser and his colleagues are excessive though. Better to leave those in the prologue or reviews rather than the main content within the book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Thinking probabilistically
  

*by T***H on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2022*

A very good book on how to think in probabilities and make decisions under uncertainty.There are 19 maxims, divided in 5 chapters. The first chapter isn’t that useful. But chapters 2 and 3 are gold. While chapters 4 and 5 are ok. I would given up reading after the 1st chapter but glad I continued.I would have liked some more detailed examples and case studies. But nonetheless, I highly recommend it

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