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

You know, the standard state for people is 'mildly pleasant.' Negative emotions are quite rare, and extremely positive emotions are rare. But people are mildly pleased most of the time, they're mildly tired a lot of the time, and they wish they were somewhere else a substantial part of the time - but mostly they're mildly pleased.

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.

Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're very likely to be wrong.

Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly reduce suffering.

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

One of the problems with expertise is that people have it in some domains and not in others.