Tag: Daniel Kahneman
8 posts tagged "Daniel Kahneman".
Israeli-American psychologist (1934–2024) who, with Amos Tversky, won the Nobel Prize in Economics for founding the study of judgment and decision-making under uncertainty. His bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow popularised the "System 1 / System 2" model of the mind and catalogued the cognitive biases at the heart of behavioral economics and behavioral finance. His work on heuristics, prospect theory, and affective forecasting is foundational to the blog's interest in rationality and decision-making — and a touchstone for fellow forecasters like Philip Tetlock.
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The ‘Bias’ Bias: No, Your Brain is Not Made of Swiss Cheese
Most apparent biases are, in fact, perfectly good heuristics, and people are far more rational than we have been led to believe.
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Happiness is a Greased Pig Chase
Happiness is a greased pig chase: the harder you grab at it, the more it squirms away. Here's what the happiness research gets wrong about the good life.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2019
Of all the books I read this year - curated by Deep Dish readers and other people of impeccable taste - these are the cream of the crop.
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Quake Books That Shake Up Your Brain
Gray matter lurches and heaves, while my few remaining brain cells huddle under the kitchen table. When the tremors finally stop, nothing looks the same.
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The Worst Investment Ever: How I Lost $10,000 Catching a Falling Knife
I stretched out my bandaged hand, and this time the knife took a finger off. I'm a slow learner when it comes to picking stocks, but you don't have to be.
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Hiking the Himalayas in Flip-Flops
Hiking the Annapurna Circuit in New Zealand's national footwear seemed like it would be a hilarious jape. After 150km of ice, snow and scree, not so much.
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How a Billionaire Taught Me to Invest Using the Force
I didn't get to ask David Booth to weigh in on the Han vs Greedo controversy, but our conversation was still among the most life-changing I’ve ever had.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2016
I knocked 65 books off my reading list this year. Most of them were great, but I've picked out the absolute crème de la crème to recommend to you.
