We can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if the story were true.

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

There's a very good reason for why economics developed the way it did, and that is that in many situations, the assumption that people will exploit the opportunities available to them is very plausible, and it simplifies the analysis of how markets will behave.

The brains of humans contain a mechanism that is designed to give priority to bad news.

True intuitive expertise is learned from prolonged experience with good feedback on mistakes.

The experiencing self lives its life continuously. It has moments of experience, one after the other.

It is only a slight exaggeration to say that happiness is the experience of spending time with people you love and who love you.