You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself

“You are a story you tell yourself.”

Every memory is just a copy of a copy. Every time you remember something, you rewrite the data. It's more like a creative retelling than a video recording.

“The more people watching, the less likely anyone is to help.”

The bystander effect is terrifying. We wait for someone else to act first. Then everyone just stands there watching.

“You are the unreliable narrator in the movie of your life.”

We think we buy things for logic. We actually just buy what we want. Then we make up a smart reason to feel better about it.

Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy totally changed how I see coincidences. I realized I keep ignoring all the times things didn't line up. I only notice the hits.