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Are people unrealistically optimistic?
Mario Peshev
February 03, 2024
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3 Ideas For Better Habits
Exploring the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, on fostering motivation.
"An incentive is a bullet, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation."
Source: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Mechanics of Social Change
Journalist, Malcolm Gladwell, on the dynamics of societal shifts.
"In a world awash with ‘information’ – much of which is lies (although it is probably best we call it by its more polite name, advertising) – we are becoming, ironically enough, more dependent on word of mouth information from sources we know we can trust."
Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Optimism in Human Behaviour
Novel laureate, Richard H. Thaler, on humans connection with optimism.
"People are unrealistically optimistic even when the stakes are high. About 50 percent of marriages end in divorce, and this is a statistic most people have heard.
But around the time of the ceremony, almost all couples believe that there is approximately a zero percent chance that their marriage will end in divorce—even those who have already been divorced!"
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