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
At least in the U.S., the party you believe in plays a big role in how you conceive of yourself. It feels… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
We've progressed well beyond the four humors in the two thousand-odd years since Hippocrates, but we still haven't satisfied the urge to… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The U.S. has some of the most significant income inequality in the developed world, yet people seem routinely to underestimate that fact. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
No one is ever bias-free, but some people let their biases influence their actions more than others. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Admiration is seen as a noble sentiment - we admire people for admiring others, detecting, in their admiration, a suggestion of taste… — 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
