Most of us appear to believe that we are more athletic, intelligent, organized, ethical, logical, interesting, open-minded, and healthy-not to mention more attractive-than the average person.

We humans can look deep into future and predict what will happen, but then turn around and do nothing about it.

The mistakes we make when we try to imagine our personal futures are also lawful, regular, and systematic. They, too, have a pattern that tells us about the powers and limits of foresight in much the same way that optical illusions tell us about the powers and limits of eyesight.

Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.

The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a lot of money can buy you a little more happiness. But in both cases, money does it.

If you are like most people, then like most people, you don't know you're like most people.

In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing but mathematics and the White Album.