![]() ![]() He got seasick after fifteen minutes and spent the next six days walking the caravan across the Sinai. Amos had never ridden a camel, but when the military operation ended, he won the competition to ride the lead camel home. For instance, take this bit:Īpart from that short note, Amos seldom mentioned his army experiences, in print or conversation, unless it was to tell a funny or curious story - how, for instance, during the Sinai campaign, his battalion captured a train of Egyptian fighting camels. There are a lot of quirky stories embedded within it. ![]() It is easy to see why so many of his books have been made into movies, and this one would also lend itself to the screen. I really enjoyed Lewis's writing style, which I would describe as a flowing biographical narrative. In it, Lewis tells the story of two psychologists who have had a substantial impact on economics - 2002 Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, and Amos Tversky, who surely would have shared Kahneman's Nobel if not for his untimely passing in 1996. ![]() I have read a few short reviews, but not enough to give away the bulk of the content. To be clear, I haven't been actively avoiding his writing but like Malcolm Gladwell, his books get so much press that I feel like I've read them without actually reading them. I've never read a Michael Lewis book before, not even Flash Boysor Moneyball (though I have seen the movie of the latter). ![]()
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