If individuals are rational, there is no need to protect them against their own choices.

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.

Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you're thinking about it.

Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.

Researchers who studied a thousand Dutch vacationers concluded that by far the greatest amount of happiness extracted from the vacation is derived from the anticipation period.

The extra daily social time of 1.7 hours in weekends raises average happiness by about 2%.

We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.