The Art of Thinking Clearly - Rolf Dobelli 2014
Why You Should Visit Cemeteries
Does Harvard Make You Smarter?
Why You See Shapes in the Clouds
If Fifty Million People Say Something Foolish, It Is Still Foolish
Why You Should Forget the Past
Leave Your Supermodel Friends at Home
Why We Prefer a Wrong Map to None at All
Why “No Pain, No Gain” Should Set Alarm Bells Ringing
Even True Stories Are Fairy Tales
Why You Systematically Overestimate Your Knowledge and Abilities
Don’t Take News Anchors Seriously
You Control Less Than You Think
Never Pay Your Lawyer by the Hour
The Dubious Efficacy of Doctors, Consultants, and Psychotherapists
Never Judge a Decision by Its Outcome
You Like Me, You Really, Really Like Me
The Inevitability of Unlikely Events
Why You’ll Soon Be Playing Mega Trillions
Why the Last Cookie in the Jar Makes Your Mouth Water
When You Hear Hoofbeats, Don’t Expect a Zebra
Why the “Balancing Force of the Universe” Is Baloney
Why the Wheel of Fortune Makes Our Heads Spin
How to Relieve People of Their Millions
Why Evil Is More Striking Than Good
Never Ask a Writer If the Novel Is Autobiographical
Why You Shouldn’t Believe in the Stork
Why Attractive People Climb the Career Ladder More Quickly
Congratulations! You’ve Won Russian Roulette
The Deception of Specific Cases
It’s Not What You Say, but How You Say It
Why Watching and Waiting Is Torture
Why You Are Either the Solution—or the Problem
Do Not Marvel at Your Existence
Why Experience Can Damage Your Judgment
Be Wary When Things Get Off to a Great Start
Live Each Day as If It Were Your Last—but Only on Sundays
Would You Wear Hitler’s Sweater?
Why There Is No Such Thing as an Average War
How Bonuses Destroy Motivation
If You Have Nothing to Say, Say Nothing
How to Increase the Average IQ of Two States
If You Have an Enemy, Give Him Information
Volunteer Work Is for the Birds
Why You Are a Slave to Your Emotions
Why You Should Set Fire to Your Ships
Why It’s Never Just a Two-Horse Race
Why First Impressions Are Deceiving
How to Profit from the Implausible
Why You Identify with Your Football Team
The Difference between Risk and Uncertainty
Why You Go with the Status Quo
Why “Last Chances” Make Us Panic
How Eye-Catching Details Render Us Blind
Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work
Why You Prefer Novels to Statistics
You Have No Idea What You Are Overlooking
Those Wielding Hammers See Only Nails
The Boat Matters More Than the Rowing
Drawing the Bull’s-Eye around the Arrow
The Stone Age Hunt for Scapegoats
Why Speed Demons Appear to Be Safer Drivers