Daniel Kahneman (b.1934) is an Israeli-American psychologist and academic noted for his profound impact on the psychology of human judgment, decision-making, and behavioral economics. He is a winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Born in Tel Aviv to Lithuanian-Jewish parents, Kahneman spent his formative years in France and earned degrees from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University and the University of California, Berkeley. Over a long, distinguished career, Kahneman collaborated with Amos Tversky and other academics to establish a cognitive foundation for common human errors that arise from heuristics and biases. Many of his experimental findings have shifted our understanding of human rationality. Kahneman holds honorary degrees from many universities and is a winner of the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Kahneman’s fascinating Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) is loaded with counterintuitive explanations of psychology and economics. This bestselling book tells the story of “two systems” of thought: one automatic and instinctive (the dominion of our many systematic biases) and the other conscious and deliberative.
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I’ve always felt ideas were a dime a dozen. If you had one that didn’t work out, you should not fight too hard to save it, just go find another.
—Daniel Kahneman
Facts that challenge basic assumptions—and thereby threaten people’s livelihood and self-esteem—are simply not absorbed. The mind does not digest them.
—Daniel Kahneman
You should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not in the same emotional situation you are.
—Daniel Kahneman
What you should learn when you make a mistake because you did not anticipate something is that the world is difficult to anticipate. That’s the correct lesson to learn from surprises: that the world is surprising.
—Daniel Kahneman
It is easier to recognize other people’s mistakes than your own.
—Daniel Kahneman
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