"Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational;……" — Dan Ariely
"Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities."
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39 Quotes by Dan Ariely
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Big Data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone…
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We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random…
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Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of…
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Giving up on our long-term goals for immediate gratification, my friends, is procrastination.
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If we all make systematic mistakes in our decisions, then why not develop new strategies, tools, and methods to help…
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That’s a lesson we can all learn: the more we have, the more we want. And the only cure is…
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We have very strong intuitions about all kinds of things — our own ability, how the economy works, how we…
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The most difficult thing is to recognize that sometimes we too are blinded by our own incentives. Because we don’t…
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When it comes to the mental world, when we design things like health care and retirement and stock markets, we…
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There's something about [cyclically] doing something over and over and over that seems to be particularly demotivating.
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The bad news is that ignoring the performance of people is almost as bad as shredding their effort in front…
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When we think about labor, we usually think about motivation and payment as the same thing, but the reality is…
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Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or…
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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but…
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The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.
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If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my…
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Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of…
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Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your…
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