Human behavior

Having a strong sense of controlling one’s life is a more dependable predictor of positive feelings of wellbeing than any of the objective conditions of life we have considered.

Fake news isn’t meant to change minds. As we know, beliefs are hard to change. The potency of fake news is that it entrenches beliefs its intended audience already has, and then amplifies them.

⁠The way you choose to suffer is uniquely yours: “The fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets… emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent” – Haruki Murakami

"Without goals, training has no direction." - Natalie Coughlin

Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker

When you take a job take a long look at the people you're going to be working with-because the odds are you're going to become like them; they are not going to become like you. You can't change them. If it doesn't fit who you are, it's not going to work.

advantaged groups, Jost and his colleagues concluded: “People who suffer the most from a given state of affairs are paradoxically the least likely to question, challenge, reject, or change it.”