Our memory tells us stories, that is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.

It doesn't take many observations to think you've spotted a trend, and it's probably not a trend at all.

After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time.

When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of gains and losses.

I'm not a great believer in self-help.

It is the consistency of the information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.