Book Titles

Thinking, Fast and Slow

By Daniel Kahneman

Year Published: 2011
ISBN-13: 978-0374275631
Categories: Psychology, Thinking

128 Quotes Found

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Thinking, Fast and Slow:

…one recipe for a dissatisfied adulthood is setting goals that are especially difficult to attain.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow:

Any aspect of life to which attention is directed will loom large in a global evaluation.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow:

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow:

Adaptation to a new situation, whether good or bad, consists in large part of thinking less and less about it.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow:

The mind is good with stories, but it does not appear to be well designed for the processing of time.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow:

…the libertarian approach to public policy: do not interfere with the individual’s right to choose, unless the choices harm others.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow:

Observers are less cognitively busy and more open to information than actors.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow:

Whatever else is produced, an organization is a factor that manufactures judgments and decisions.

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