596. Farewell to a Generational Talent

Daniel Kahneman left his mark on academia (and the real world) in countless ways. A group of his friends and colleagues recently gathered in Chicago to reflect on this legacy — and we were there, with microphones.

SOURCES:Maya Bar-Hillel • , professor emeritus of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shane Frederick • , professor of marketing at the Yale School of Management. Thomas Gilovich • , professor of psychology at Cornell University. Matt Killingsworth • , senior fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Barbara Mellers • , professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Eldar Shafir • , director of the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy at Princeton University. Richard Thaler • , professor of behavioral science and economics at the University of Chicago.

RESOURCES: • " Experienced Well-Being Rises With Income, Even Above $75,000 Per Year • ," by Matthew A. Killingsworth ( PNAS, • 2021). • " The False Allure of Fast Lures • ," by Yigal Attali and Maya Bar-Hillel ( Judgment and Decision Making, • 2020). • " Learning Psychology From Riddles: The Case of Stumpers • ," by Maya Bar-Hillel and Tom Noah ( Judgment and Decision Making, • 2018). Thinking, Fast and Slow, • by Daniel Kahneman (2011). • " High Income Improves Evaluation of Life but Not Emotional Well-Being • ," by Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton ( PNAS, • 2010). • " Varieties of Regret: A Debate and Partial Resolution • ," by Thomas Gilovich, Victoria Husted Medvec, and Daniel Kahneman ( Psychological Review, • 1998). • " Some Counterfactual Determinants of Satisfaction and Regret • ," by Thomas Gilovich and Victoria Husted Medvec ( What Might Have Been: The Social Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking, • 1995).

EXTRAS: • " Remembering Daniel Kahneman • ," by People I (Mostly) Admire • (2024). • " Academic Fraud • ," series by Freakonomics Radio • (2021). • " Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It • ," by Freakonomics Radio • (2018). • " The Men Who Started a Thinking Revolution • ," by Freakonomics Radio • (2017).