We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.

Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident.

We think of our future as anticipated memories.

We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We're not designed to know how little we know.

Through some combination of culture and biology, our minds are intuitively receptive to religion.

Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders - not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.