Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

Why be concerned with gossip? Because it is much easier, as well as far more enjoyable, to identify and label the mistakes of others than to recognize our own.

it is almost certain that more “meek and tidy” souls will be found on tractors than at library information desks.

True

I recently came to doubt my long-held impression that adultery is more common among politicians than among physicians or lawyers.

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