Entscheidungen
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- Ask your 80-year-old self before you decide.
Jeff Bezos described the regret minimization framework for his 1994 decision to leave a safe job for Amazon: imagine …
- Assembled it yourself? Suddenly it's worth 63 percent more.
Norton, Mochon and Ariely had people either assemble furniture themselves or inspect pre-built pieces. The builders …
- Fewer than 10 percent solve this four-card task.
Four cards show 3, 8, blue and red. Rule: "if a card shows an even number, its other side is blue." Which do you turn? …
- How to find out that your estimates are too narrow.
Don't estimate a value, estimate a range you're 90 percent sure contains the truth. If you were calibrated, the answer …
- Nothing matters as much as it seems while you consider it.
In 1998 Schkade and Kahneman asked whether people in California are happier. Respondents in the Midwest and in …
- Pick your own ticket, charge four times as much. Same odds.
In 1975 Ellen Langer let office workers either choose a lottery ticket or receive one at random. Those who chose …
- The same mug is worth twice as much once it's yours.
In 1990 Kahneman, Knetsch and Thaler handed mugs to half the participants. Owners demanded about $7 to sell, buyers …
- Two conditions can never be likelier than one.
Linda is 31, outspoken, studied philosophy and joined anti-nuclear protests. Is she more likely a bank teller, or a …
- Two gears in your head: one fast, one expensive.
System 1 answers instantly, effortlessly and emotionally; System 2 works slowly, deliberately and costs attention. The …