Ten minutes of a smartphone in front of your nose is about the equivalent of an hour long walk in bright daylight. Imagine going for an hour long walk in bright daylight and then thinking, "Now I'll get some sleep." It ain't going to happen.

I enjoy being active, but I look forward to the day when I can retire to the Internet.

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

Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.

I'm not a great believer in self-help.

People have little idea, by and large, of the investment world. They are convinced they have an advantage.

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.