I recently finished reading What Intelligence Tests Miss. It was the best book I’ve read on decision-making, and I’ve read several other books on this topic. The others were all good, but this is the first book that dove deep into the outsize impact that rationality has on decision-making and the differences between IQ and rationality. It explains in great detail why people with extremely high IQs sometimes make irrational (i.e., stupid) decisions. I also found its taxonomy of reasoning errors a helpful visual. It explains what causes bad decisions (cognitive bias) and how to catch them so you can identify and correct bad thinking during your decision-making process.

I want to make sure I retain and apply what I read in this book, so I’m challenging myself. I want to create a digest of this book and use it to write a post that synthesizes what I learned.

After I’ve read a book, I always get a lot out of creating a digest and using it to synthesize what I learned in a post, but it takes a ton of time and energy, which is why I haven’t done one in a few months. But this book has me excited, and I think it’s worth the time and effort.

My goal is to have both the digest and the synthesizing post done by the end of the month. Wish me luck!