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“If you were allowed one wish for your child, seriously consider wishing him or her optimism.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

“It seems part of the human condition that while we cannot predict future events, as soon as those events do happen we find it hard to see them as anything but inevitable.”
― David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

“There's magic, positive magic, in such phrases as: "I may be wrong. I frequently am. Let's examine the facts.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People

“The amount of evidence and its quality do not count for much, because poor evidence can make a very good story. For some of our most important beliefs we have no evidence at all, except that people we love and trust hold these beliefs. Considering how little we know, the confidence we have in our beliefs is preposterous - and it is also essential.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow