Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

http://www.ted.com Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy -- and our own self-awareness.

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[Neo Pharaoh]

Meditation

[aedjob]

41 people from Ohio

[Guido Sanguinetti]

asked and answered... you speak in a really deep way

[rouncer81]

its serious when you have severe back pain.

[Ligermorph]

Probably because life isn't serious in the first place ;-) it's all just a game you can play the way you want to. But most people believe that the first rule of life is "This game is serious", which of course makes it a lot harder to enjoy ;-)

[Niall D]

meditate go on do it right now

[samala51]

Meditation has changed my life, and improved my memory (minor side effect).

[Guido Sanguinetti]

i don't know why that last phrase makes a lot of sense to me

[Ligermorph]

Nice tip, I've tried similar stuff like that, but for me it's more of a way of avoiding depression. And I'm not at risk of becoming more serious about everything I do.. because the more I think about life, the less serious I take it ;-)

[utubepredator]

Have you ever tried to go on with your day, and look at every second of it as if you were watching an old videotape of a day in your grandfather's life?

It's a guaranteed weird sensation, and can get you depressed, but can also shake you up like nothing else. Plus you risk becoming more serious about everything you do...

[JohnnyC Major]

Can you find Waldo?

[OlieDoubleO]

acronym - technology education design.