People want to protect their way of life, and when they think it's in danger they start grasping for more extreme-seeming alternatives. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Our lives don't make sense in abstraction, only when compared with the lives of others. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
We don't appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
It's not at all a far jump to think that overall perceptions of gender - and what is and is not important… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
To a child, 'The Little Prince' is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The last thing in the world I want to do is write something in memory of Walter Mischel. I still can't quite… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I've been studying, playing, living, breathing poker for eight to nine hours a day. Every day! When I'm between events and in… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Resilience presents a challenge for psychologists. Whether you can be said to have it or not largely depends not on any particular… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
In real life, having your poetry criticized by T.S. Eliot could cause you to doubt your poetic gifts. But imagining it in… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
If you are lucky enough to never experience any sort of adversity, we won't know how resilient you are. It's only when you're faced… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
We don't appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I'm capable of just putting my butt in a chair and spending nine hours a day studying poker. I took it as a full… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
One of the things that women really excel at is reading and reacting to subtle cues. We've always had to do that because men… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
To a child, 'The Little Prince' is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people on his… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
It's strange, when you think about it, that we spend close to a third of our lives asleep. Why do we do it? While… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Fraternities breed leaders. That, at least, is what most any chapter website will tell you, in not so many words - and the message… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Las vegas shouldn't exist. The incongruity hits you from the moment you first glimpse it from the airplane. First mountains, then desert, then neat… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
“a failure to use all senses equals a scene not seen to its full potential, attention that has not been allocated properly, and subconscious… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
