The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship, upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding.

I hated school because I liked to daydream and the system tried to stop me from that.

A verbal threat is the most authentic certificate of impotence.

The Internet allows the small guy a global marketplace. But technology is harmful in the sense that we get too much information from it. Because of the web we get 10 times the amount of noise we ever got, which makes harmful fallacies far more likely.

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears

If you let markets - in general, my belief is that if you let markets give you information, they'll give you the information rather than artificially prop up everything.

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.