Daniel Kahneman Quotes About Memories

Quotes about: Memories

• We don’t choose between experiences, we choose between memories of experiences. Even when we think about the future, we don’t think of our future normally as experiences. We think of our future as anticipated memories.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Motivation, Inspiration

• The 'Instagram Generation' now experiences the present as an anticipated memory

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Generations, Instagram

• Our memory tells us stories, that is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Stories, Our Memories

  "The riddle of experience vs. memory". TED conference, www.ted.com. February 2010.

• People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Independent, Views

• Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Attention, Reason

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.51, Macmillan

• My impression is that the elimination of memories greatly reduces the value of the experience.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Elimination, Impression

  Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.441, Macmillan

• Some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them. And that happens to be the case even with memories that are not true.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Cases, Compelling

• All of us roughly know what memory is. I mean, memory is sort of the storage of the past. It's the storage of our personal experiences. It's a very big deal.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Mean, Past

  "How Do Experiences Become Memories?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. May 24, 2013.

• Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what you see. But it's also a pretty odd experience, because some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them, and that happens to be the case even for memories that are not true.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Memories, Doubt, Littles

  "How Do Experiences Become Memories?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. May 24, 2013.

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