Thinking Fast And Slow Overview Info

Kahneman tells the story of his time training Israeli Air Force flight instructors. He taught them that rewarding good landings was more effective than punishing bad ones. One instructor disagreed: "I shout at them for a poor landing, and they always do better next time!"

This self keeps score. It constructs a narrative of your life. It asks: "How was that, on the whole?" But critically, the Remembering Self does not average all moments equally. It follows two rules: thinking fast and slow overview

People spun a "wheel of fortune" rigged to land on 10 or 65. Then they were asked: "What percentage of African nations are in the UN?" Those who saw 10 guessed around 25%. Those who saw 65 guessed around 45%. The random anchor changed their answer. Kahneman tells the story of his time training

Kahneman realized the instructor was fooled by An unusually bad landing will likely be followed by a more average (better) landing—not because of the shouting, but simply due to statistical probability. The instructor took credit for randomness. It constructs a narrative of your life