I think one of the major results of the psychology of decision making is that people's attitudes and feelings about losses and gains are really not symmetric. So we really feel more pain when we lose $10,000 than we feel pleasure when we get $10,000.
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DANIEL GILBERT The data says that with the poor, a little money can buy a lot of happiness. If you're rich, a l... DANIEL GILBERT I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful ... DANIEL GILBERT I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and... DANIEL GILBERT Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the wors... DANIEL GILBERT Your emotions are meant to fluctuate, just like your blood pressure is meant to fluctuate. It's ... DANIEL GILBERT The mistakes we make when we try to imagine our personal futures are also lawful, regular, and syste... DANIEL GILBERT The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is kno... DANIEL GILBERT I was quite a successful evangelist. I've had people write to me and say, 'Gee, I'm a Ch... DANIEL EVERETT It's wrong to try and convert tribal societies. What should the empirical evidence for religion ... DANIEL EVERETT As I read more and I got into philosophy and met a lot of friends who weren't Christians, it bec... DANIEL EVERETT Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some r... DANIEL EVERETT I joined a organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators that had the objective of translating the ... DANIEL EVERETT Christians who believe in the Bible believe that it is their job to bring others the joy of salvatio... DANIEL EVERETT One of the saddest things I've seen in Amazonian cultures is people who were self-sufficient and... DANIEL EVERETT I wanted as little formal linguistic theory as I could get by with. I wanted the basic linguistic tr... DANIEL EVERETT There are very few places in the world where you have to learn a language with no language in common... DANIEL EVERETT Language is possible due to a number of cognitive and physical characteristics that are unique to hu... DANIEL EVERETT Almost always, when we have fights in movies, they're done in these strange rooms where nothing ... DANIEL ESPINOSA Think about Medusa, with the snakes. If you shoot a movie in Europe, the financiers are three snakes... DANIEL ESPINOSA If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you... DANIEL ESPINOSA That's the place we're in right now: we think we have the capability to get every piece of i... DANIEL ESPINOSA Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding ... DANIEL ESPINOSA When I was asked to come over to the States, I thought to myself, 'What the Americans are very g... DANIEL ESPINOSA I think it's always interesting to make sensational stories where, if these people don't mak... DANIEL ESPINOSA I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I thi... DANIEL ESPINOSA I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been ... DANIEL ESPINOSA I have severe claustrophobia, and I panic if I'm more than six feet above ground. DANIEL ESPINOSA I always loved when James Stewart did roles that were not so dialogue-based, like 'Vertigo.' DANIEL ESPINOSA I made this Swedish movie called 'Snabba Cash,' or 'Easy Money,' and it was shown at... DANIEL ESPINOSA I looked at early movies with Robert Redford, and I like how Robert, even though he had that automat... DANIEL ESPINOSA For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it. DANIEL ESPINOSA Chileans have this rumor that they're great soccer players, but I stunk as a soccer player. I al... DANIEL ESPINOSA It must have been fascinating for Bono to have Johnny Cash do a cover of his song, and hear how he t... DANIEL ESPINOSA I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people. DANIEL ESPINOSA If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitat... DANIEL ESPINOSA Creating stuff is hard. But, if that terrifies you, you will just be numb, and you better just stay ... DANIEL ESPINOSA I did two movies that were arthouse movies; they were critically successful but made no money at all... DANIEL ESPINOSA