Sublime

The human mind is a remarkable contraption, great at keeping us psychologically buoyant in periods of chaos and allowing us to pay the price later, once the storm has settled.

Le fait est que la volonté ne suffit pas à se maîtriser. Les émotions jouent un rôle clé dans nos décisions et notre comportement. C’est juste qu’on n’en a pas toujours conscience.

Success in any field brings with it power—the power of wealth, power over other people’s careers, the power to make change in the world. And power is a drug that downplays costs and magnifies rewards.

Two University of Zurich researchers were equally curious: The Swiss nuclear incentive study, titled “The Cost of Price Incentives: An Empirical Analysis of Motivation Crowding-Out,” was conducted by Bruno S. Frey and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. It was published in the American Economic Review 87 (1997): 746–55. forty students sat with number 2 pencils:

“The more you think happiness is a social thing, the better off you are,” Brett explained to me, summarizing

How can we make sense of our lives, and hold people accountable for their choices, given the unconscious origins of our conscious minds?

Zuckerman’s Sensation Seeking Scale,