While we’re on the subject of thinking, why not take a moment to delve into the psychology of Daniel Kahneman, psychologist and the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics.
We often here of Nobel laureates and collect small tidbits of their contributions to humanity, but in Kahneman’s case, we might be encouraged to look further. In a Charlie Rose interview held Tuesday night on PBS, Kahneman sat down with Rose to share the ideas illustrated in his new book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow.” In Kahneman’s new book, he describes three ways in which people come to decisions and the sometimes lacking thought processes that come from them.
Collaborating with long time associate Amos Tversky beginning the 70’s, the two psychologists discovered several fascinating truths about the way people think.
*More to come.
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