We enshrine things to memory very differently than we experience them in real time. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman has — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
We enshrine things to memory very differently than we experience them in real time. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman has — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
We enshrine things to memory very differently than we experience them in real time. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman has — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
We enshrine things to memory very differently than we experience them in real time. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman has — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
We enshrine things to memory very differently than we experience them in real time. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman has — Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
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We enshrine things to memory very differently than we experience them in real time. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman has coined a couple of terms to make the distinction. He talks about the "experiencing self" versus the "remembering self.

— Jennifer Senior, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
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