We're Generally Overconfident In Our Opinions And

When Action Is Needed, Optimism, Even Of The Mildly Delusional Variety, May Be A Good Thing.

What Happens With Fear Is That Probability Doesn't Matter Very Much. That Is, Once I Have Raised The Possibility That Something Terrible Can Happen To Your Child, Even Though The Possibility Is Remote, You May Find It Very Difficult To Think Of Anything Else. Emotion Becomes Dominant.

Mental Effort, I Would Argue, Is Relatively Rare. Most Of The Time We Coast.

I'm Not A Great Believer In Self-help.

It's Clear That Policymakers And Economists Are Going To Be Interested In The Measurement Of Well-being Primarily As It Correlates With Health; They Also Want To Know Whether Researchers Can Validate Subjective Responses With Physiological Indices.