An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true.

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.

Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing when they bargain over an expanding pie.

Most things that couples disagree upon aren't worth more than a day's combat.

When people think of the outcomes of their decisions, they think much more short term than that. They think in terms of gains and losses.

It's nonsense to say money doesn't buy happiness, but people exaggerate the extent to which more money can buy more happiness.

If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.