#thinkingfastandslow #story #curiosity #sondersimple
#thinkingfastandslow #story #curiosity #sondersimple
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it."
D.Kahnemann, "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Penguin Books 2012/2024, p.460
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it."
D.Kahnemann, "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Penguin Books 2012/2024, p.460
"Because defeat is so difficult to accept, the losing side in wars often fights long past the point at which victory of the other side is certain, and only a matter of time."
D.Kahnemann, "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Penguin Books 2012/2024, p.363
"Because defeat is so difficult to accept, the losing side in wars often fights long past the point at which victory of the other side is certain, and only a matter of time."
D.Kahnemann, "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Penguin Books 2012/2024, p.363
"This is where businesses that are losing ground to a superior technology waste their remaining assets in futile attempts to catch up."
D.Kahnemann, "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Penguin Books 2012/2024, p.363
"This is where businesses that are losing ground to a superior technology waste their remaining assets in futile attempts to catch up."
D.Kahnemann, "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Penguin Books 2012/2024, p.363
"Many unfortunate human situations unfold ... where people who face very bad options take desperate gambles, accepting a high probability of making things worse in exchange for a small hope of avoiding a large loss.
Risk taking of this kind often turns […]
"Many unfortunate human situations unfold ... where people who face very bad options take desperate gambles, accepting a high probability of making things worse in exchange for a small hope of avoiding a large loss.
Risk taking of this kind often turns […]
"... an angry face 'pops out' of a crowd of happy faces, but a single happy face does not stand out in an angry crowd. The brains of humans and other animals contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news. ... No comparable rapid […]
"... an angry face 'pops out' of a crowd of happy faces, but a single happy face does not stand out in an angry crowd. The brains of humans and other animals contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news. ... No comparable rapid […]
"I have always believed that scientific research is another domain where a form of optimism is essential to success: I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe […]
"I have always believed that scientific research is another domain where a form of optimism is essential to success: I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe […]
"Paradoxically, it is easier to construct a coherent story when you know little, when there are fewer pieces to fit into the puzzle. Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore […]
"Paradoxically, it is easier to construct a coherent story when you know little, when there are fewer pieces to fit into the puzzle. Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore […]
"People are asked for a prediction but they substitute an evaluation of the evidence, without noticing that the question they answer is not the one they were asked. This process is guaranteed to generate predictions that are systematically biased; they […]
"People are asked for a prediction but they substitute an evaluation of the evidence, without noticing that the question they answer is not the one they were asked. This process is guaranteed to generate predictions that are systematically biased; they […]
"Many people are overconfident, prone to place too much faith in their intuitions. They apparently find cognitive effort at least mildly unpleasant and avoid it as much as possible."
D.Kahnemann, "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Penguin Books 2012/2024, p.50
"Many people are overconfident, prone to place too much faith in their intuitions. They apparently find cognitive effort at least mildly unpleasant and avoid it as much as possible."
D.Kahnemann, "Thinking, Fast and Slow", Penguin Books 2012/2024, p.50
'Thinking errors not from emotion corrupting thought'
#thinkingfastandslow
'Thinking errors not from emotion corrupting thought'
#thinkingfastandslow