Quotes

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 220

…high subjective confidence is not to be trusted as an indicator of accuracy (low confidence could be more informative).

A World Without Email, Page 220

When you’re overloaded, you’re forced to fall back on the flexibility of the hive mind… making you even less efficient in getting things done.

Unreasonable Hospitality, Page 220

Nobody knows what they’re doing before they do it.

Bullshit Jobs, Page 220

How have so many humans reached the point where they accept that even miserable, unnecessary work is actually morally superior to no work at all?

Distracted, Page 220

Amid vast, swelling reservoirs of information, our memory keepers are tormented by visions of data droughts.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Page 220

Team leaders must be selfless and objective, and reserve rewards and recognition for those who make real contributions to the achievement of group goals.

Decisive, Page 221

We don’t think about what we’re doing. We drift along in life, floating on the wake of past choices, and it’s easy to forget that we have the ability to change direction.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 221

The line that separates the possibly predictable future from the unpredictable distant future is yet to be drawn.

A World Without Email, Page 221

…there are few things more valuable than someone who consistently produces valuable output…

Switch, Page 221

Even when there is no ironclad right way to do things, checklists can help people avoid blind spots in a complex environment.