The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.

We have associations to things. We have, you know, we have associations to tables and to - and to dogs and to cats and to Harvard professors, and that's the way the mind works. It's an association machine.

I would be wary of experts' intuition, except when they deal with something that they have dealt with a lot in the past.

An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true.

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.

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

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.