Name: The riddle of experience vs. memory
Uploaded: 2010-03-01T09:05:00Z
Duration: 19 min 49 s
Description: 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.

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.

Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

The riddle of experience vs. memory

Exploring happiness, a distinction emerges between our experiencing self and our remembering self, shaping our perception.

Momentary experiences and memories of those experiences define different types of happiness, challenging its singular notion.

Income's impact on happiness plateaus at $60,000, revealing money can alleviate misery but not increase experiential happiness.