“ 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. Daniel Kahneman
“ At work here is that powerful WYSIATI ("what you see is all there is") rule. You cannot help dealing with the limited information you have as if it were all there is to know. You build the best possib… Daniel Kahneman
“ It's a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient. Daniel Kahneman
“ When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important. Daniel Kahneman
“ By their very nature, heuristic shortcuts will produce biases, and that is true for both humans and artificial intelligence, but the heuristics of AI are not necessarily the human ones. Daniel Kahneman
“ 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
“ You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly… Daniel Kahneman
“ An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure. The mind can't easily recognize that they are the same. Daniel Kahneman
“ If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you can trust people to do what will give them pleasure becomes questionable. Daniel Kahneman
“ 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
“ 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. Daniel Kahneman
“ It's clear that policymakers and economists are going to be interested in the measurement of well-being primarily as it correlates with health they also want to know whether researchers can validate s… Daniel Kahneman
“ True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes. Daniel Kahneman
“ 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
“ Decorrelate error! To understand how this principle works, imagine that a large number of observers are shown glass jars containing pennies and are challenged to estimate the number of pennies in each… Daniel Kahneman
“ 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
