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In Daniel Kahneman's talk "The riddle of experience vs memory", he details how vacations are most important for the memories they create. When we go on a three
by InfinityX0 16y ago
In Daniel Kahneman's talk "The riddle of experience vs memory", he details how vacations are most important for the memories they create. When we go on a three week vacation to the Bahamas, when we look back, it was just a vacation to the Bahamas - the duration didn't matter. For our happiness' sake, we would have been better off splitting that vacation in thirds, to three different locales, because our vacations, when recited, dissolve the time spent at each location.
http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_exper...
- geden 16y agoNice. I experienced that first hand earlier this month. During a two week holiday I spent 2 days in a city hotel, then the rest of the week in a campsite and then another week camping in another country. On the penultimate day I remarked to my wife that I felt like I'd been away for 2 months. Now I know why. Thank you.