Clearly, the decision-making that we rely on in society is fallible. It's highly fallible, and we should know that.

We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.

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.

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

We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.

A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.

The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct.