THE VIDEO SHELF · happiness and memory
The riddle of experience vs. memory | Daniel Kahneman
In this TED talk, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman distinguishes the experiencing self from the remembering self, using examples such as vacations and colonoscopies. He explains how the two perceive happiness differently and what that means for economics, policy and self-awareness.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend it in threads on happiness and well-being as a clear account of why memory and experience of happiness diverge.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TED
- Topic
- happiness and memory
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2019
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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This is a bit of a tangent to your question, but I've been thinking about this a bit too. I've been depressed lately as well, and this ted talk [ [VIDEO] ] was really interesting. It has nothing to do with being more happy, but …
awongh on Hacker News · 2010-04
In Ask HN: Are you happy, well-rounded? (dealing w/ depression/lack of motivation)You kind of touched on points of this video, although from a different direction. Daniel Khaneman talks about the experiencing self versus the remembering self, which is in charge, and how that relates to happiness. [VIDEO]
cgriswald on Hacker News · 2019-06
In What We Want Doesn’t Always Make Us Happy
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