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

One emphasis of my research has been on the question of how people spend their time. Time is the ultimate finite resource, or course, so the question of how people spend it would seem to be important.

Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident.

Clearly, the decision-making that we rely on in society is fallible. It's highly fallible, and we should know that.

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.

Laziness is built deep into our nature.

It's clear that policymakers and economists are going to be interested in the measurement of well-being primarily as it correlates with health; they also want to know whether researchers can validate subjective responses with physiological indices.