Humans
” We are normally blind about our own blindness. We’re generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments. We exaggerate how knowable the world is.
What psychology and behavioral economics have shown is that people don’t think very carefully. They’re influenced by all sorts of superficial things in their decision-making, and they procrastinate and don’t read the small print.
When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important. Decisions that affect how much time you spend with people you like are going to have a very large effect on how happy you are—not necessarily satisfied with your life but happy. “
- Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize Winner in Economics (from Time Magazine)
Posted January 14, 2012 at 2:55pm
