As W.C. Fields once said: a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

The gulf between the information we proclaim & the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing & do another.

Many of life's decisions are hard. What kind of career should you pursue? Does your ailing mother need to be put in a nursing home? You and your spouse already have two kids; should you have a third?such decisions are hard for a number of reasons. For one the stakes are high. There's also a great deal of uncertainty involved. Above all, decisions like these are rare, which means you don't get much practice making them. You've probably gotten good at buying groceries, since you do it so often, but buying your first house is another thing entirely.

Solving a problem is hard enough; it gets that much harder if you’ve decided beforehand it can’t be done.

Information is a beacon, a cudgel, an olive branch, a deterrent--all depending on who wields it and how.

No matter how expert you may be, well-designed checklists can improve outcomes.

The data don't lie: a Chicago street prostitute is more likely to have sex with a cop than to be arrested by one.