# The riddle of experience vs. memory

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: Daniel Kahneman
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Psychology and the brain, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The riddle of experience vs. memory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory/c126778ad570), 20 min (TED's player)