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Chapter 35: Two Selves — Thinking, Fast and Slow

The experiencing self and the remembering self are two different agents with different interests. The remembering self dominates life choices — but it is governed by peak and end experiences, ignoring duration. Duration neglect means we optimize for memory, not for how we actually feel.
Chapter 36: Life as a Story — Thinking, Fast and Slow

The remembering self evaluates lives as stories with dramatic arcs, not as accumulations of experienced moments. A good story ending can make an entire period feel worthwhile; a bad ending can retroactively taint a long good period. Narrative logic dominates experiential accounting.
Chapter 37: Experienced Well-Being — Thinking, Fast and Slow

The Day Reconstruction Method reveals that experienced well-being depends more on who you are with and what you are doing in the moment than on income or life circumstances above a threshold. The factors that people think will make them happier often don’t — and the ones they overlook often do.
Chapter 38: Thinking About Life — Thinking, Fast and Slow

Life satisfaction questions activate attention to whatever is currently salient — not a comprehensive survey of life quality. The focusing illusion: nothing is as important as it seems when you are thinking about it. Satisfaction measures reflect what people focus on, not how they actually live.