“it is much easier to strive for perfection when you are never bored.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people’s mistakes than our own.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than your own. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People who face a difficult question often answer an easier one instead, without realizing it. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
... sometimes when you are asked a question that is difficult, the mind doesn't stay silent if it doesn't have the answer.… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Because it is much easier, as well as far more enjoyable, to identify and label the mistakes of others than to recognize… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
It is the consistency of the information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Every night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“People who are poor think like traders, but the dynamics are quite different. Unlike traders, the poor are not indifferent to the differences between… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“So this is my aim for watercooler conversations: improve the ability to identify and understand errors of judgment and choice, in others and eventually… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“For example, I recently came to doubt my long-held impression that adultery is more common among politicians than among physicians or lawyers.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“the idea of money primes individualism: a reluctance to be involved with others, to depend on others, or to accept demands from others.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
Most of the moments of our life - and I calculated, you know, the psychological present is said to be about three seconds long;… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“The best we can do is a compromise: learn to recognize situations in which mistakes are likely and try harder to avoid significant mistakes… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
“A happy mood loosens the control of System 2 over performance: when in a good mood, people become more intuitive and more creative but… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share
