I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion.

All of us roughly know what memory is. I mean, memory is sort of the storage of the past. It's the storage of our personal experiences. It's a very big deal.

I used to hold a unitary view, in which I proposed that only experienced happiness matters, and that life satisfaction is a fallible estimate of true happiness.

Some achieve a reputation for great successes when in fact all they have done is take chances that reasonable people wouldn't take.

My impression is that the elimination of memories greatly reduces the value of the experience.

People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations.

We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely to involve powerful emotions and strong impulses to action.