Thinking, Fast and Slow

You can do several things at once, but only if they are easy and undemanding

higher income is associated with a reduced ability to enjoy the small pleasures of life.

The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people’s mistakes than our own.

People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is curr... See more

The easiest way to increase happiness is to control your use of time. Can you find more time to do the things you enjoy doing?

The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.

I have always believed that scientific research is another domain where a form of optimism is essential to success: I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe that someone who lacks a delusional sense of significance will wilt in the face of repeated experie... See more

The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.

Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed