Scott Lake

“it is much easier to strive for perfection when you are never bored.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

“It is not from ourselves that we will learn to be better than we are.”
― Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

“A simple rule can help: before an issue is discussed, all members of the committee should be asked to write a very brief summary of their position. This procedure makes good use of the value of the diversity of knowledge and opinion in the group. The standard practice of open discussion gives too much weight to the opinions of those who speak early and assertively, causing others to line up behind them.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

“many people are overconfident, prone to place too much faith in their intuitions. They apparently find cognitive effort at least mildly unpleasant and avoid it as much as possible.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow