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Nudge: The Final Edition by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
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Boring for me, but most likely not for others.

The overall idea could have been summarized in one or two chapters. In the middle parts the authors were just talking about their world changing ideas.
It is not that I disagree with those ideas, but I did not want to read about the justifications in this book. I wanted to learn about different nudges and how nudges work psychologically.

This was more of a political book about libertarian paternalism.

I recommend reading "Thinking Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman and "Influence" by Robert Cialdini instead for more psychological and hard science based insights.