Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.

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.

We are very influenced by completely automatic things that we have no control over, and we don't know we're doing it.

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

Individual investors predictably flock to stocks in companies that are in the news.

To better avoid errors, you should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not in the same emotional situation you are.

Odd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me.