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Daniel Kahneman Quotes

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we’re really expert at what we’re doing, and most of the time, what we do is right Picture Quote #1

People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child Picture Quote #1

People talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less secure Picture Quote #1

The average investor’s return is significantly lower than market indices due primarily to market timing Picture Quote #1

The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news Picture Quote #1

The experiencing self lives its life continuously. It has moments of experience, one after the other Picture Quote #1

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There is a huge wave of interest in happiness among researchers. There is a lot of happiness coaching. Everybody would like to make people happier Picture Quote #1

There’s a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities Picture Quote #1

We are very influenced by completely automatic things that we have no control over, and we don’t know we’re doing it Picture Quote #1

Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don’t know the odds. It’s a big difference Picture Quote #1

Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they’re actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they’re in in the course of the day Picture Quote #1

Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they’re very likely to be wrong Picture Quote #1

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One emphasis of my research has been on the question of how people spend their time. Time is the ultimate finite resource, or course, so the question of how people spend it would seem to be important Picture Quote #1

One thing we have lost, that we had in the past, is a sense of progress, that things are getting better. There is a sense of volatility, but not of progress Picture Quote #1

After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time Picture Quote #1

All of us roughly know what memory is. I mean, memory is sort of the storage of the past. It’s the storage of our personal experiences. It’s a very big deal Picture Quote #1

Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat the market consistently, year after year Picture Quote #1

Friends are sometimes a big help when they share your feelings. In the context of decisions, the friends who will serve you best are those who understand your feelings but are not overly impressed by them Picture Quote #1

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Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time Picture Quote #1

I used to hold a unitary view, in which I proposed that only experienced happiness matters, and that life satisfaction is a fallible estimate of true happiness Picture Quote #1

Most successful pundits are selected for being opinionated, because it’s interesting, and the penalties for incorrect predictions are negligible. You can make predictions, and a year later people won’t remember them Picture Quote #1

Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing when they bargain over an expanding pie Picture Quote #1

People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt Picture Quote #1

Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their decisions. I don’t think they are right, but that’s the way it is Picture Quote #1

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We don’t see very far in the future, we are very focused on one idea at a time, one problem at a time, and all these are incompatible with rationality as economic theory assumes it Picture Quote #1

A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise Picture Quote #1

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact Picture Quote #1

Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed Picture Quote #1

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance Picture Quote #1

The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained Picture Quote #1

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Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we’re really expert at what we’re doing, and most of the time, what we do is right (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) People are really happier with friends than they are with their families or their spouse or their child (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) People talk of the new economy and of reinventing themselves in the workplace, and in that sense most of us are less secure (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) The average investor’s return is significantly lower than market indices due primarily to market timing (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) The experiencing self lives its life continuously. It has moments of experience, one after the other (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) There is a huge wave of interest in happiness among researchers. There is a lot of happiness coaching. Everybody would like to make people happier (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) There’s a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) We are very influenced by completely automatic things that we have no control over, and we don’t know we’re doing it (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don’t know the odds. It’s a big difference (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Divorced women, compared to married women, are less satisfied with their lives, which is not surprising. But they’re actually more cheerful, when you look at the average mood they’re in in the course of the day (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they’re very likely to be wrong (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) One emphasis of my research has been on the question of how people spend their time. Time is the ultimate finite resource, or course, so the question of how people spend it would seem to be important (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) One thing we have lost, that we had in the past, is a sense of progress, that things are getting better. There is a sense of volatility, but not of progress (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) All of us roughly know what memory is. I mean, memory is sort of the storage of the past. It’s the storage of our personal experiences. It’s a very big deal (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat the market consistently, year after year (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Friends are sometimes a big help when they share your feelings. In the context of decisions, the friends who will serve you best are those who understand your feelings but are not overly impressed by them (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) I used to hold a unitary view, in which I proposed that only experienced happiness matters, and that life satisfaction is a fallible estimate of true happiness (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Most successful pundits are selected for being opinionated, because it’s interesting, and the penalties for incorrect predictions are negligible. You can make predictions, and a year later people won’t remember them (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing when they bargain over an expanding pie (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes to enemies. They like boldness and despise the appearance of timidity and protracted doubt (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their decisions. I don’t think they are right, but that’s the way it is (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) We don’t see very far in the future, we are very focused on one idea at a time, one problem at a time, and all these are incompatible with rationality as economic theory assumes it (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance (Daniel Kahneman Quotes) The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained (Daniel Kahneman Quotes)

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