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Jul 2023
26m 44s

Daniel Kahneman on Making Intelligent De...

Intelligence Squared
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This episode is part two of our live event with Psychologist Daniel Kahneman and Olivier Sibony, Professor of Strategy and Business Policy at HEC Paris. In conversation with host Ritula Shah they present their argument of how we can all make more intelligent decisions in an increasingly chaotic world. Part three of this event is available ad free, for subsc ... Show More
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