Daniel Kahneman Answers
In one of the most in-depth and wide-ranging Q&A sessions held by the Freakonomics blog, Daniel Kahneman answered 22 new questions about his book Thinking, Fast and Slow. Three of the questions …
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman: How We Think
In the highly anticipated Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, …
Daniel Kahneman on the Definition of Rationality and the Difference Between Information and Insight
Lance Workman interviews Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate, co-creator of behavioral economics, and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow. Among other things Kahneman discusses the definition of …
Mental Model: Conjunctive and Disjunctive Events Bias
Welcome to the conjunctive and disjunctive events bias. Why are we so optimistic in our estimation of a projects cost and schedule? Why are we so surprised when something inevitably goes wrong? …
Daniel Kahneman: Some Thoughts on Thinking
While Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow, gets all the attention, he’s also written a few articles that might catch your interest on thinking better. Optimistic Bias: In …
The Planning Fallacy
David Books, author of The Social Animal, with an excellent column on the planning fallacy: In his forthcoming book (now released), Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman calls this the planning fallacy. …
3 Things Everyone Should Know About the Availability Heuristic
There are 3 things you should know about the availability heuristic: We often misjudge the frequency and magnitude of events that have happened recently. This happens, in part, because of the …
A Simple Checklist to Improve Decisions
We owe thanks to the publishing industry. Their ability to take a concept and fill an entire category with a shotgun approach is the reason that more people are talking about biases. Unfortunately, …