Daniel Kahneman Explains The Machinery of Thought
Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman is the founding father of modern behavioral economics. His work has influenced how we see thinking, decisions, risk, and even …
Daniel Kahneman
A Discussion on the Work of Daniel Kahneman
Edge.org asked the likes of Christopher Chabris, Nicholas Epley, Jason Zweig, William Poundstone, Cass Sunstein, Phil Rosenzweig, Richard Thaler & Sendhil Mullainathan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, …
Leonard Mlodinow: The Three Laws of Probability
“These three laws, simple as they are, form much of the basis of probability theory. Properly applied, they can give us much insight into the workings of nature and the everyday world.” …
Decision Journal: Template and Example Included
One of the strangest things about being human is that we can’t trust our own memories of what we were thinking. Not because we forget but rather because our brains actively edit the past to make …
Daniel Kahneman’s Favorite Approach For Making Better Decisions
Picture this: You’re six months into your company’s ambitious expansion, and what seemed like a sure bet has turned into a nightmare. The market wasn’t just ok—it was poor. You made …
Beyond Email: What Knowledge Workers Really Create
Knowledge workers often think they produce emails (and meetings), but this misses something fundamental. As Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman explained to journalist Jason Zweig, what knowledge workers …
Mental Model: Bias from Insensitivity to Sample Size
The widespread misunderstanding of randomness causes a lot of problems. Today we’re going to explore a concept that causes a lot of human misjudgment. It’s called the bias from insensitivity to …
How To Be Happy
If I were to ask you if you wanted to be happy, 100% of you would say yes. But how many us live our lives in a way that makes us happy? “The days are long, but the years are short. Time is …
Think Like Sherlock Holmes
When it comes to using our minds, we all want to learn how to think like Sherlock Holmes. This isn’t just a way of solving a crime. It’s a way of thinking. Maria Konnikova’s book, …
The Four Villains of Decision Making
You’re probably not as effective at making decisions as you could be. This article explores Chip and Dan Heaths’ new book, Decisive. It’s going to help us make better decisions both …
Michael Mauboussin: Two Tips to Improve The Quality of Your Decisions
Michael Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at Legg Mason and our first interview on the podcast, offers two simple techniques to improve the quality of your decision making: a decision journal …
Daniel Kahneman: Thinking That We Know
“Critical thinking has to include assessing one’s own thinking.” — Daniel Kahneman *** In this extraordinary talk at the National Academy of Sciences, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman …
Daniel Kahneman — What I Know
Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman talks with the Guardian about his pessimistic mother, the delusion of investment bankers and the need for irony. Human beings cannot comprehend very …
Daniel Kahneman Explains Multitasking
Can we do several things at once? You can do several things at once, but only if they are easy and undemanding. What happens when we’re trying to do things that are not so simple? It is the mark …
Daniel Kahneman: Debunking the Myth of Intuition
In a SPIEGEL interview, Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman discusses the innate weakness of human thought, deceptive memories and the misleading power of intuition. By studying human …
Daniel Kahneman and Herbert Simon on Intuition
Why do experts seem to have better intuition than the rest of us when operating within their Circle of Competence? Are they doing something the rest of us are not? Or is there another explanation that …