Daniel Kahneman

Professor of Psychology Emeritus, Princeton University · 0 appearances on the record.

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Along with long-time collaborator Amos Tversky, Kahneman revolutionized cognitive psychology and behavioral economics by developing prospect theory and identifying pervasive cognitive biases, winning the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He synthesized his lifetime of research in the bestselling book Thinking, Fast and Slow and later co-authored Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.

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Kahneman: Budget and timeline overruns scale with project unfamiliarity

“So, familiar projects, like building another house, or things like that, the overruns are small, by and large. But the more unfamiliar the project is, the bigger the overruns, on average.”

Daniel Kahneman Nov 21, 2019 ▶ 24:16 Raise more money than you need, with Minted’s Mariam Naficy

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Duckworth: Over-relying on scientific one-liners leads to overestimating single concepts

“What happens is that the simplification really does have a dark side. We're like, oh, what about all the things that people are going to misunderstand? And in particular, the thing that we worry about most is that when you only metabolize one one-liner, then y…”

Angela Duckworth May 16, 2024 ▶ 49:01 Angela Duckworth on her new book, the limits of grit, and her advice to founders | Masters of Scale

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Shankar: Making task endings enjoyable leverages Kahneman's peak-end rule for consistency

“What this means functionally is that we can shape the end of our experiences to be slightly more enjoyable so that we just remember them more fondly and are more likely to return to the activity at hand.”

Maya Shankar Jan 24, 2026 ▶ 26:41 Maya Shankar: How to make smarter changes | Masters of Scale

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Raise more money than you need, with Minted’s Mariam Naficy	Nov 21, 2019	49s	clip played

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