"Some experimenters have reported that an angry face “pops out” of a crowd of happy faces, but a single happy face does not stand out in an angry crowd. The brains of humans and other animals contain a..."
- Daniel Kahneman
"Freedom has a cost, which is borne by individuals who make bad choices, and by a society that feels obligated to help them."
"There's a lot of randomness in the decisions that people make."
"Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it."
"The amount of evidence and its quality do not count for much, because poor evidence can make a very good story. For some of our most important beliefs we have no evidence at all, except that people we..."
"Dawes observed that the complex statistical algorithm adds little or no value. One can do just as well by selecting a set of scores that have some validity for predicting the outcome and adjusting the..."
"The often-used phrase “pay attention” is apt: you dispose of a limited budget of attention that you can allocate to activities, and if you try to you try to go beyond your budget, you will fail."
"However, attention can be moved away from an unwanted focus, primarily by focusing intently on another target."
"The expectation of intelligent gossip is a powerful motive for serious self-criticism, more powerful than New Year resolutions to improve one's decision making at work and at home."