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Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise

Published: Dec. 19, 2018, 12:55 p.m.

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You might be surprised by what occupies Daniel Kahneman\u2019s thoughts. \u201cYou seem to think that I think of bias all the time,\u201d he tells Tyler. \u201cI really don\u2019t think of bias that much.\u201d These days, noise might be the concept most on Kahneman\u2019s mind. A forthcoming book, coauthored with Cass Sunstein and \u201ca brilliant Frenchman you haven\u2019t heard of\u201d is about how random variability affects our decision-making. And while we\u2019ve spent a lot of time studying how bias causes error in judgment, Kahneman says, we aren\u2019t thinking nearly enough about the problem of noise.

In November, Kahneman joined Tyler for a live conversation about bias, noise and more, including happiness, memory, the replication crisis in psychology, advice to CEOs about improving decision-making, superforecasters, the influence of Freud, working in a second language, the value of intuition, and why he can\u2019t help you win arguments with a spouse.

Read a\xa0full transcript\xa0enhanced with helpful links.

Recorded November 12th, 2018

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