Clear Thinking
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Clear Thinking by Shane Parrish is one of 2026's most credible books, appearing on 1 of the year's most respected lists, including McKinsey & Company, for a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100.
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Our take
AI-draftedParrish, better known for the Farnam Street blog, builds the book around four instinctive failure modes — emotion, ego, social pressure, and inertia — that hijack decisions before deliberate thought gets a chance. The recurring critique is one of originality: several reviewers describe it as a well-organized synthesis of ideas already circulating in decision-science writing rather than a genuinely new contribution.
In the press
“adds nothing to decision-making literature and is simply a summary of existing works”
Curtis McHale, curtismchale.ca
How the Consensus Score is calculated
Our Consensus Score is our own transparent editorial metric — not a user rating. It weighs each list by the credibility of its source, how recent the listing is, and any award status. Here is the full breakdown.
| Source | Authority | Recency | Award | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKinsey & Company | 0.80 | 0.85 | 1.00× | 0.68 |
| Weighted sum → Score | 0.68 → 15 | |||
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Frequently asked
What lists is Clear Thinking on?
Clear Thinking appears on 1 list in our 2026 corpus, including McKinsey & Company.
What is its Consensus Score?
Clear Thinking has a Consensus Score of 15 out of 100, our transparent editorial measure of how many credible lists agree on it.