On “Breaking Bad” and how easy it is to deceive ourselves.

: Walt, please, let’s both of us stop trying to justify this whole thing and admit you’re in danger!

: Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up. Disappears! It ceases to exist without me. No, you clearly don’t k...