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.

Some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them. And that happens to be the case even with memories that are not true.

That's one of the real dangers of leader selection in many organizations: leaders are selected for overconfidence.

Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their decisions. I don't think they are right, but that's the way it is.

We are far too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random.

There is a huge wave of interest in happiness among researchers. There is a lot of happiness coaching. Everybody would like to make people happier.

Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident.