Psychological
The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory
You live it **twice**. Once in the moment— And once again, as a story you tell yourself. And sometimes, those stories take on a life of their own.
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you’re thinking about it.— Daniel Kahneman This is the focusing illusion. Our attention distorts reality. The more we focus, the more we inflate. The bigger it feels. Until we arrive—and find that the feeling didn’t come with us.
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The thinker
Nobel Laureate in Behavioral Economics
Daniel Kahneman (1934–2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on judgment and decision-making under uncertainty.
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