"The effort invested in 'getting it right' should……" — Daniel Kahneman

"The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision."

158 Quotes by Daniel Kahneman

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Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like…
We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in…
The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.
The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.
However, optimism is highly valued, socially and in the market; people and firms reward the providers of dangerously misleading information…
If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.
We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors…
When action is needed, optimism, even of the mildly delusional variety, may be a good thing.
The concept of loss aversion is certainly the most significant contribution of psychology to behavioral economics.
A general limitation of the human mind is its imperfect ability to reconstruct past states of knowledge, or beliefs that…
It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love…
People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments…

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The hole and the patch should be commensurate. — Thomas Jefferson
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The powers of the Soul are commensurate with its needs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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