Daniel Kahneman Quotes
The idea that you can ask one question and it makes the point - well, that wasn't how psychology was done at the time.
Psychologists really aim to be scientists, white-coat stuff, with elaborate statistics, running experiments.
When you look at the books about well-being, you see one word - it's happiness. People do not distinguish.
We all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good story, with a decent hero.
The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.
The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than our own.
The test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact.
Most important, of course, we all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good story, with a decent hero.
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.
Many parents have discovered, perhaps with some guilt, that they can read a story to a child while thinking of something else.
Freedom has a cost, which is borne by individuals who make bad choices, and by a society that feels obligated to help them.
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it.
The often-used phrase “pay attention” is apt: you dispose of a limited budget of attention that you can allocate to activities, and if you try to you try to go beyond your budget, you will fail.
However, attention can be moved away from an unwanted focus, primarily by focusing intently on another target.
The expectation of intelligent gossip is a powerful motive for serious self-criticism, more powerful than New Year resolutions to improve one's decision making at work and at home.