Daniel Kahneman Quotes


Optimism is normal, but some fortunate people are more optimistic than the rest of us. If you are genetically endowed with an optimistic bias, you hardly need to be told that you are a lucky person - you already feel fortunate.


Citations

Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011, p. 255.

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Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman
  • Born: March 5, 1934
  • Nationality: American, Israeli
  • Profession: Psychologist

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.