Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahnemanis an Israeli-American psychologist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth5 March 1934
CountryIsrael
Daniel Kahneman quotes about
numbers facts would-be
Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.
people mind quality
The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct.
blind blindness obvious
We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.
memories instagram generations
The 'Instagram Generation' now experiences the present as an anticipated memory
emotional thinking attention
So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.
roles world events
We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.
effort decision should
The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.
thinking trends observation
It doesn't take many observations to think you've spotted a trend, and it's probably not a trend at all.
memories independent views
People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common
keys effort decision
Spend some effort in figuring out why each decision did or did not pan out. Doing that systematically is key: really try to question the way you make decisions, and improve it.
past ideas ease
The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.
anticipation enjoyable activity
Often, the most enjoyable part of an activity is the anticipation.
experts wrecks cockroaches
The psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches.
vacation dutch anticipation
Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period...