Daniel Kahneman Quotes
Courage is willingness to take the risk once you know the odds. Optimistic overconfidence means you are taking the risk because you don't know the odds. It's a big difference.
Citations
Kahneman, Daniel. "Daniel Kahneman: Beware the 'inside view'." Interview by Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony. McKinsey Quarterly, 2011.
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Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. Smith). His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory.