If You Are Like Most People, Then

The Price We Pay For Our Irresponsible Explanatory Urge Is That We Often Spoil Our Most Pleasant Experiences By Making Good Sense Of Them.

The Secret Of Happiness Is Variety, But The Secret Of Variety, Like The Secret Of All Spices, Is Knowing When To Use It.

The Human Brain Is The Only Object In The Known Universe That Can Predict Its Own Future And Tell Its On Fortune. The Fact That We Can Make Disastrous Decisions Even As We Foresee Their Consequences Is The Great, Unsolved Mystery Of Human Behavior. When You Hold Your Fate In Your Hands, Why Would You Ever Make A Fist?

The Good News Is That Going Blind Is Not Going To Make You As Unhappy As You Think It Will. The Bad News Is That Winning The Lottery Will Not Make You As Happy As You Expect.

The Fact That We Often Judge The Pleasure Of An Experience By Its Ending Can Cause Us To Make Some Curious Choices.