Laziness is built deep into our nature.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

The amount of success it takes for leaders to become overconfident isn't terribly large.

Individual investors predictably flock to stocks in companies that are in the news.

People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common

You should expect little or nothing from Wall Street stock pickers who hope to be more accurate than the market in predicting the future of prices. And you should not expect much from pundits making long-term forecasts.

Endlessly amused by people's minds.