George Loewenstein: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from George Loewenstein, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

Once you know something, you can't quite remember what it felt like not to
Economists Colin Camerer, George Loewenstein and Martin Weber found that better-informed people systematically struggle to predict what less-informed people will think or do, even …
— Colin Camerer, George Loewenstein & Martin Weber, The Curse of Knowledge in Economic Settings: An Experimental Analysis
You can't accurately predict how you'll act once you're angry, hungry or aroused
Psychologist George Loewenstein described the 'hot-cold empathy gap': in a calm, 'cold' state, people consistently underestimate how much a 'hot' emotional or physical state — ange…
— George Loewenstein, Hot-Cold Empathy Gaps and Medical Decision Making

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