A whole lot of us go through life assuming that we are basically right, basically all the time, about basically everything: about our political and intellectual convictions, our religious and moral beliefs, our assessments of other people, our memories, our grasp of facts. As absurd as it sounds when we stop to think about it, our steady state seems to be one of unconsciously assuming that we are very close to omniscient.
Kathryn SchulzThirty-three percent of all of our regrets pertain to decisions we made about education.
Kathryn SchulzIf you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It's called a lobotomy.
Kathryn Schulz