Daniel Kahneman || A Remarkable Life, Fast and Slow

Today it’s great to chat with Daniel Kahneman, one of the most influential psychologists of all time. Kahneman is known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is author of the bestselling book Thinking, Fast and Slow and co-author of the recent book Noise: A Flaw in Judgment. In 2013, Kahneman received the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama.
Topics
[1:11] Daniel’s early childhood
[4:11] Daniel’s experiences in Nazi-occupied France [6:38] Daniel’s escape
from Nazi-occupied France
[10:59] Daniel’s recollection of the birth of Israel
[14:39] How Daniel’s work in the army influenced his work
[20:50] Daniel’s work at UC Berkeley
[23:02] Daniel’s shift in focus from perception & attention to judgment & decision-making
[28:18] The importance of "adversarial collaboration"
[34:52] The development of Daniel’s ambitions in psychology
[37:23] The difference between System 1 and System 2 in psychology
[47:29] Daniel’s thoughts on the free will debate
[50:34] Daniel’s thoughts on individual differences in System 1
[53:54] Daniel’s thoughts on Seymour Epstein’s dual-process model
[57:15] Scott and Daniel discuss individual differences in System 1
[1:02:48] How Daniel moved into investigating hedonic psychology
[1:08:44] Daniel’s response to the current research on well-being
[1:16:00] Hope vs hopefulness as a psychological intervention
[1:19:55] The distinction between the science of well-being vs. the application of the science of well-being
[1:27:00] The link between wealth and happiness
[1:31:15] The difference between bias and noise
[1:36:38] The issue of noise across various disciplines
[1:31:39] What is decision hygiene?
[1:42:47] How Daniel has grown over time as a person
[1:45:38] Daniel’s reflections on winning the Nobel Prize
[1:48:09] What Daniel would study today and where he sees behavioral economics going
[1:50:46] What Daniel wants his greatest legacy to be
[1:53:12] Daniel’s advice to young psychologists
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[@Halkin85]

This was pure brilliance. I have always enjoyed his work but I never realised what a wonderful soul this man has.

[@markhouseholder]

Every time I listen to or read Daniel Kahneman, it starts slowly and seems to drag on…. But by the end of the listen or book I am so sad it’s over… what a gift to the world.🙏🙏🙏

[@user-jy4dn5ym8e]

Amazing and wonderful

[@tonyburton419]

What a great guest... Just started listening

[@JandeJongePBPLtd]

I am looking forward to listening to all of this. Thank you for arranging and publishing it here.

[@tonyburton419]

Agreed

[@YuriPavlov]

what a legend! thanks for the great interview

[@rahulmate9270]

Great work

[@vicsteblin5188]

Free will, consciousness, dreaming, culture, religion, philosophy, language, politics, hobbies, careers, etc ... is our fantastic human brain applying levels of memory.

[@sharondanzger2476]

What a fabulous interview with a giant in the field; ity's full of so much wonderful information! Great job!

[@nbme-answers]

This could have been 6 hours, and I wish it were!

[@AznDudeIsOn]

43:05 Love this explanation of how to think about systems . That it's a heuristic that is very useful for thinking about things, even though there isn't actually those systems in the brain. I think that's a good way to think about a lot of things, not just the mind.
1:25:26 I think that makes sense about reflecting at end of day because how people react to the present experience is probably a better indicator of their suffering/well-being because we live in the present
1:38:12 Lovely analogy too about bias vs noise

[@susysilvia4037]

Thank you very much for this opportunity

[@jeanzheng8220]

Like your podcast, especially this one. Thank you for all the efforts!

[@billpfortuna]

Great title

[@ruthkofmel1747]

Thank you!

[@vicsteblin5188]

'Expert intuition' is to me explained as humans applying a decent memory of past education, experience and evidence.

[@xmathmanx]

Kahneman has shown that experts don't have better intuition than anyone else, and that intuition is generally overrated

[@erikheinacademy8556]

Great!!
Thank yoy

[@prayaanshmehta3200]

16:00 work in army

[@nbme-answers]

21:11 Danny learns FORTRAN I

[@akashtiwari5729]

❤💜

[@VladyslavKL]

🕊

[@KapowskiGG]

51:30