Author posts
Where I Stand on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
I grew up in Europe during [World War II] and so I have a European attitude on the concept of occupation.
May 21, 2013
Goals Are What Help You Get Satisfaction
If you look at life satisfaction and what makes people satisfied with their lives, most of it has a lot to do with people’s goals.
May 21, 2013
Being Angry Makes Me Angry
I hate being angry and so I hate the adversary exchanges that you frequently find in the social sciences and actually in the physical sciences as well where people are snide and they use sarcasm.
May 17, 2013
My Pet Peeve with Happiness Research
A pet peeve that I have in the context of happiness research is that it’s called happiness research.
April 24, 2013
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel laureate. He is notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, behavioral economics and hedonic psychology. Kahneman’s family escaped from German-occupied France in 1943. His father had previously spent some time in a concentration camp, but was released through some maneuvering by his employers.
With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors using heuristics and biases, and developed prospect theory. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work in prospect theory.
Currently, he is professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. Kahneman is a founding partner of The Greatest Good, a business and philanthropy consulting company.
With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors using heuristics and biases, and developed prospect theory. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work in prospect theory.
Currently, he is professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. Kahneman is a founding partner of The Greatest Good, a business and philanthropy consulting company.
Kahneman is the author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, published in 2011.
