“It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which more money can buy more happiness.” PeopleNonsenseMore MoneyMoney Doesn't Buy Happiness Author:Daniel Kahneman
“By their very nature, heuristic shortcuts will produce biases, and that is true for both humans and artificial intelligence, but the heuristics of AI are not necessarily the human ones.” HumansProduceArtificial IntelligenceArtificialShortcutsHeuristics Author:Daniel Kahneman
“If people do not know what is going to make them better off or give them pleasure, then the idea that you can trust people to do what will give them pleasure becomes questionable.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingIdeasPleasureBetter OffQuestionable Author:Daniel Kahneman
“I would not advise people to buy a car or house without making a list. You will probably improve your intuitions by making a list and then sleeping on it.” PeopleHouseSleepCarIntuitionListsAdvise Author:Daniel Kahneman
“People just hate the idea of losing. Any loss, even a small one, is just so terrible to contemplate that they compensate by buying insurance, including totally absurd policies like air travel.” PeopleIdeasHateLossAirPolicyTerribleLosingIncludingAbsurdBuyingContemplatingAir Travel Author:Daniel Kahneman
“To better avoid errors, you should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not in the same emotional situation you are.” PeopleShouldSituationEmotionalErrorsDisagree Author:Daniel Kahneman
“Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.” StillsRealEnemyLateStrategyToo LateComprehensive Author:David Hackworth
“I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.” SchoolHatedDaydreaming Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb