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A great deal of research shows that perfectionists tend to define excellence on other people’s terms. This focus on creating a flawless image in the eyes of others is a risk factor for depression, anxiety, burnout, and other mental health challenges.

…most of us are… terrible risk assessors.

Depending too heavily on multitasking to navigate a complex environment and on technology as our guide carries a final risk: the derailing of the painstaking work of adding to our storehouses of knowledge.

…the measurement and management of risk is more central to our culture than ever before, as the unavoidable cost of navigating a world that we feel that we can actively shape…

Managing risks… is a way of organizing the future, and surveillance is a natural offshoot of our now-obsessive efforts to control what’s coming around the corner.

If you generally doubt people’s trustworthiness, you aren’t likely to take risks on cooperating with or even knowing others further. This is why trust, once lost, is so hard to rebuild.

As we plunge into a new world of infinitely connectible and accessible information, we risk losing our means and ability to go beneath the surface, to think deeply.

Throughout history, humans have overestimated their abilities and their wisdom. But hubris is risky.

This physical fusion with the machine empowers us and yet risks narrowing us in ways that may be hard to imagine.

Today… we have lost the necessary understanding that an inner resourcefulness must always go hand in hand with using our devices, or else we risk ceding control of our lives to our tools.