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Mar 2021
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Daniel Kahneman Doesn't Trust Your Intui...

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Daniel Kahneman is a Nobel Prize winner who transformed our understanding of the biases that cloud our thinking. In this conversation, he and Adam explore when to trust our intuition and when to second-guess it. Danny explains how he finds joy in being wrong, spells out steps to smarter interviewing, and reveals how he—the master decoder of decision-making—makes decisions. Find the transcript for this episode at go.ted.com/T4GDK

For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/rethinking-with-adam-grant-transcripts


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