Personally, happiness is a term I rarely use to describe myself or my life. Nearing nine decades of life, I prefer contentment as more descriptive of one's wellbeing. Happiness is short term, whereas contentment results from acceptance all the experiences one has accumulated in life. The best, worst and the indifferent stages. When I accept it all, the battles won along with the battles lost, thats contentment.
"If we wanted to maximise our experience, we wouldn't know how to do it, because all we get to keep from our experiences is our memories. So maximising experiences is an art - maybe it's learnable, maybe it's teachable, but it's very different from life satisfaction and what brings life satisfaction."
I am not an academic, I found this area and Daniel as I was a betrayed whistleblower and i was trying to understand the totally mad behaviour i saw all around me. my experiences have lead me to really change much of my whole value system. I feel so lucky to have found Daniel and his book "Thinking Fast and Slow", along with Noah Youval Harari's "Sapiens" gave me a framework to build myself new but solid foundations. I can tell the warmth in the room to having Daniel, there. I feel it too. I hope one day soon I can have the opportunity to meet him and thank him. Along the way I have extended the ideas of Noah's book, within Daniels framework and I have by complete accident made a bit of a break through in the world of "Fulfilment" . The trouble is there doesn't seem to be a mechansm for a regular person to share this, and although i have learned so much I carry negative social markers though my journey as whistleblowers often do. This leads me to think our culture has a blindspot in this area, and harsh lessons learned are not shared. I now realise there is nothing like a real life crisis to make the mind hungry for answers, infact I wonder how much we do learn when in relative comfort. If anyone in the community can point me to someone, please let me know. To unselfishly offer to help strangers without any expectations in return, is one of the best things we can do to feel "happy", "win/win deals or those where we say ""what's in it for me" are the surprising enemy of fulfilment
So many questions on ideal personhood for a person who has intensively tried to relay the beautiful power in the uncertainty of individuals within a collective human consciousness. “Tell me how to be” makes no sense. Just be.
It's too bad that none his insights were applied to Israel's behaviour toward Palenstine before October 7, 2023. Another cottage industry which had no application where it was greatly needed.
So- very tired of behavioral economics so immersed in my life. Every email. Every lecture. Every advertisement. It’s so tiring to be constantly pressured or influenced the minute you walk out the door. Nothing is free will and nothing is your decision because it has been so heavily influenced that it’s not your choice.
Personally, happiness is a term I rarely use to describe myself or my life. Nearing nine decades of life, I prefer contentment as more descriptive of one's wellbeing. Happiness is short term, whereas contentment results from acceptance all the experiences one has accumulated in life. The best, worst and the indifferent stages. When I accept it all, the battles won along with the battles lost, thats contentment.
Happiness is communal - wellbeing is individual.
I've thought like this since i was a teenager and to see another human articulate it in such a manner is wonderful. Thank you for this.
"If we wanted to maximise our experience, we wouldn't know how to do it, because all we get to keep from our experiences is our memories. So maximising experiences is an art - maybe it's learnable, maybe it's teachable, but it's very different from life satisfaction and what brings life satisfaction."
Probably the greatest psychologist of our time
The gent opened my eyes on human economical behavior. RIP
Thankyou for your work Sir
Thank you. Excellent interview.
Thanks you so much for sharing this.... x
I am not an academic, I found this area and Daniel as I was a betrayed whistleblower and i was trying to understand the totally mad behaviour i saw all around me. my experiences have lead me to really change much of my whole value system. I feel so lucky to have found Daniel and his book "Thinking Fast and Slow", along with Noah Youval Harari's "Sapiens" gave me a framework to build myself new but solid foundations.
I can tell the warmth in the room to having Daniel, there. I feel it too. I hope one day soon I can have the opportunity to meet him and thank him.
Along the way I have extended the ideas of Noah's book, within Daniels framework and I have by complete accident made a bit of a break through in the world of "Fulfilment" . The trouble is there doesn't seem to be a mechansm for a regular person to share this, and although i have learned so much I carry negative social markers though my journey as whistleblowers often do. This leads me to think our culture has a blindspot in this area, and harsh lessons learned are not shared. I now realise there is nothing like a real life crisis to make the mind hungry for answers, infact I wonder how much we do learn when in relative comfort. If anyone in the community can point me to someone, please let me know. To unselfishly offer to help strangers without any expectations in return, is one of the best things we can do to feel "happy", "win/win deals or those where we say ""what's in it for me" are the surprising enemy of fulfilment
consult a shrink
Calling Daniel Kahneman "Danny" in a formal setting, should be illegal
Why
caught em off guarf!
Who’s to say he didn’t ask to be called Danny
😅
Maybe he thinks he is DK's son-in-law
Sports is one way of maximising our experience long-term
24:50 complacency and focus on individual material success is just not human. It just is not.
Who is the guy next to Daniel?
Ah got it from the first seconds of this videos caption
Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (Oxford)
So many questions on ideal personhood for a person who has intensively tried to relay the beautiful power in the uncertainty of individuals within a collective human consciousness. “Tell me how to be” makes no sense. Just be.
It's too bad that none his insights were applied to Israel's behaviour toward Palenstine before October 7, 2023. Another cottage industry which had no application where it was greatly needed.
So- very tired of behavioral economics so immersed in my life. Every email. Every lecture. Every advertisement.
It’s so tiring to be constantly pressured or influenced the minute you walk out the door.
Nothing is free will and nothing is your decision because it has been so heavily influenced that it’s not your choice.
Robinson Amy Walker George Thomas Angela
Tumarey jasey logo ko kuch samj nahi aaya tum aey jasey log kisi ko bhi Hani pucha sakte h