Published April 1, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.59350/mjz12-pt661

The Irrational Decision—A Book Review

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It's the 5th annual April Cools! Here are my previous April Cools articles This year it's a book review of Ben Recht's book, The Irraional Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose For us, released Mar 10, 2026. The publishing industry has a stupid name for the subcategory of non-fiction book where a domain expert weaves factual evidence together into a story to try to convince you of their thesis: a "big idea" book.

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It's the 5th annual April Cools! Here are my previous April Cools articles This year it's a book review of Ben Recht's book, The Irraional Decision: How We Gave Computers the Power to Choose For us, released Mar 10, 2026. The publishing industry has a stupid name for the subcategory of non-fiction book where a domain expert weaves factual evidence together into a story to try to convince you of their thesis: a "big idea" book.

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