Experience Against Memory

Thinking, Fast and Slow

This flow follows the collision between the experiencing self's moment-by-moment life and the remembering self's compressed story.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

decreasing

The Hedonimeter The Hedonimeter from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". Measuring Experience Momentary Value Experienced utility is represented as the area under a pleasure or pain curve.

The Hedonimeter from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". Measuring Experience Momentary Value Experienced utility is represented as the area under a pleasure or pain curve.

Measuring Experience Momentary Value Experienced utility is represented as the area under a pleasure or pain curve. Duration Longer equally intense experiences should count proportionally more.

Two Colonoscopies Two Colonoscopies from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". Unequal Memories Real-Time Pain One patient suffers a shorter but worse-ending procedure; another endures a longer procedure ending gently.

Two Colonoscopies from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". Unequal Memories Real-Time Pain One patient suffers a shorter but worse-ending procedure; another endures a longer procedure ending gently.

Unequal Memories Real-Time Pain One patient suffers a shorter but worse-ending procedure; another endures a longer procedure ending gently. Retrospective Error Peak and ending predict memory better than total duration.

Cold-Hand Choice Cold-Hand Choice from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". More Pain Preferred Short Trial A 60-second immersion ends at high pain.

More Pain Preferred Short Trial A 60-second immersion ends at high pain. Long Trial A 90-second immersion ends after slight relief and is later chosen for repetition.

The Remembering Self The Remembering Self from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". The Story Keeper Peak and End Memory compresses episodes around their most intense and final moments.

The Remembering Self from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". The Story Keeper Peak and End Memory compresses episodes around their most intense and final moments.

The Story Keeper Peak and End Memory compresses episodes around their most intense and final moments. Choice Power The remembering self governs later decisions even when it misrepresents lived experience.

Duration as Moral Fact Duration as Moral Fact from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". Time Matters Objective Welfare A duration-weighted account treats all moments as part of the experience.

Duration as Moral Fact from "Thinking, Fast and Slow". Time Matters Objective Welfare A duration-weighted account treats all moments as part of the experience.

Time Matters Objective Welfare A duration-weighted account treats all moments as part of the experience. Conflicted Values A complete theory must also respect the remembering self's concern for narrative identity.

At the opening of Part 5

Early in the two-selves discussion

Middle of Part 5

After the cold-hand experiment

Near the conclusion of the two-selves section