Modern society is large and complex, with institutions wielding great power over the lives of many. This is why Johnson and Fowler added a dire parting shot in their predictions. Since you are program...
The researchers discovered that money is indeed a major factor in day-to-day happiness. No surprise there. You need to make a certain amount, on average, to be able to afford food, shelter, clothing,...
You can’t prime yourself directly, but you cancreate environments conducive to the mental states you wish to achieve. Just like the
THE MISCONCEPTION: The larger the consensus, the more likely it is correct. THE TRUTH: A belief is not more likely to be accurate just because many people share it.
You expect better performances from attractive people, but when they fail, you are also more likely to forgive them.
Education is as much about learning what you don’t know as it is about adding to what you do.
Remember this study when you are in a negotiation—make your initial request far too high. You have to start somewhere, and your initial decision or calculation greatly influences all the choices that...
You might be a great judge of character, but you need to be a great judge of evidence to avoid delusion.
Besides death, your destiny is not inescapable.
The recent fuss over our oversharing culture and over the possible loss of privacy is just noisy ignorance. As a citizen of the Internet, you obfuscate the truth of your character. You hide your fears...
The research into cultural cognition is new, but these studies suggest that Western culture is less concerned with context and more concerned with the center of attention, which means it is possible W...
THE MISCONCEPTION: People who are losing at the game of life must have done something to deserve it. THE TRUTH: The beneficiaries of good fortune often do nothing to earn it, and bad people often get...
Subjective optimization complements sour grapes, the inclination to see that which you can’t have as that which you didn’t want in the first place. Subjective optimization makes whatever you get stuck...
You are a liar by default, and you lie most to yourself. If you fail, you forget it. If you win, you tell everyone.
You are aware only of a small amount of the total information your eyes take in, and even less is processed by your conscious mind and remembered.
Remember, your capacity to fool yourself is greater than the abilities of any conjurer, and conjurers come in many guises. You are a creature impelled to hope. As you attempt to make sense of the worl...
Any extended period of negative emotions can lead to you giving in to despair and accepting your fate. If you remain alone for a long time, you will decide loneliness is a fact of life and pass up opp...
Matter how good you’ve got it, you are no stranger to tears.
Kids who were able to overcome their desire for short-term reward in favor of a better outcome later weren’t smarter than the other kids, nor were they less gluttonous. They just had a better grasp of...
The very act of looking down on others made people more confident.
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