I would not advise people to buy a car or house without making a list. You will probably improve your intuitions by… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
People are very complex. And for a psychologist, you get fascinated by the complexity of human beings, and that is what I… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
There is research on the effects of 9/11, and you know, compared to the enormity of it, it didn't have a huge… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Yes, there is a burden of financial insecurity. I don't think you find it in mood. Income is correlated with life satisfaction,… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
If you think in terms of major losses, because losses loom much larger than gains - that's a very well-established finding -… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Suppose you like someone very much. Then, by a familiar halo effect, you will also be prone to believe many good things… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
We're beautiful devices. The devices work well; we're all experts in what we do. But when the mechanism fails, those failures can… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Experts don't know exactly where the boundaries of their expertise are. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
