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I’ll make it fun and balanced for two 45-minute sessions — light humor included to keep the conversation lively while still deep! Here’s your **two-session discussion plan** for *Daniel Kahneman’s “The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory.”*---
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**Session 1 – Two Selves, One Confused Human**###
**Opening**Welcome to the first round of our happiness detective work!
Daniel Kahneman says we all have *two selves* living in the same body — one that *feels*, and one that *keeps score*. It’s like having a foodie who just wants dessert and an accountant who keeps track of calories. Let’s find out which one runs your life!
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**Discussion Questions**1. **The Split Personality Test**
Have you ever had an experience that felt awful in the moment but became a “great story” later? (Like that disastrous trip that’s now your favorite travel tale?) Which self won — the one who suffered or the one who bragged later?
2. **Memory the Drama Queen**
Kahneman says our remembering self is a *storyteller*. Do you think your memory is an honest journalist or a screenwriter who likes plot twists?
3. **Pain, Glory, and Colonoscopies**
He found patients judged pain mostly by how it *ended*, not how long it lasted. Why do you think our brains do that? Would you rather have a short, sharp pain or a long, gentle one that ends well?
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**Session 1 Closing Thought**So… if your life were a movie, who’s directing it — the one *living the scenes* or the one *editing the highlights reel*?
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**Session 2 – The Tyranny of the Remembering Self**###
**Opening**Welcome back! Ready to argue with yourself again?
This time, we’ll look at how money, memories, and mental illusions mess with our happiness — and maybe figure out how to stop letting our remembering self boss us around.
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**Discussion Questions**4. **Vacation Amnesia Challenge**
Suppose you could take the most amazing vacation ever… but you’d forget everything afterward. Would you still go? What does your choice say about which self — the experiencer or the rememberer — you serve?
5. **Money Can Buy Wi-Fi, Not Joy**
Kahneman’s research says after around $60,000 a year, more money doesn’t increase daily happiness. Do you agree? Or are you pretty sure your *experiencing self* would smile wider in business class?
6. Can you apply this idea to your life and make it better? Please think of an example and share with us.
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**Session 2 Closing Thought**Kahneman says, “We don’t choose between experiences — we choose between *memories* of experiences.”
So next time you chase happiness, ask yourself: are you *living the moment* or *collecting material for future nostalgia*?
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Agenda:
6:45 ~ 7:00pm Greetings & Free Talk / Ordering Beverage or Meal / Getting Newcomer’s Information
7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:45pm Discussion Session (35 mins)
7:45 ~ 8:00pm Summarization (15 mins)
8:00 ~ 8:05pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 5 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
8:05 ~ 8:40pm Discussion Session (35 mins)
8:40 ~ 8:55pm Summarization (15 mins)
8:55 ~ 9:00pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements
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