Wisdom in fragments

If you want to understand the mainsprings of human-action, then understanding the remembering self is more important than the experiencing self.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

There is a proverb in Hebrew that says that there used to be prophecy, but prophecy is now left for fools. I am not enthusiastic about forecasting anything.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

I have argued, along with Nassim Taleb, that one of the sources of overconfidence in our ability to forecast the future is the great ease with which we find explanations for the past. That's a very significant mechanism that produces overconfidence.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

Many entrepreneurs are deluded about their odds of success, that evidence is very clear. This creates problems… Should a government subsidise entrepreneurs who greatly over-estimate their chances of success?

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

You cannot understand entrepreneurial activity without understanding optimism. Research has shown that optimism and overconfidence in individuals is directly linked to their engagement in entrepreneurial activity.

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for Behavioral Economics Research

All ideas and questions might be very interesting, and children has to experience that their questions are equally valued as those coming from a grown up or a Nobel Prize winner.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

We have to interact with everyone so no one feels left out or ashamed; these negative emotions can kill curiosity and creativity.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

Bias means your mind, your experiences, and your knowledge is too narrow to take in and truly appreciate the person standing in front of you.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

If you always make one thing your excuse or let other people drag you down because of something like your gender, it will become your prophecy. You just have to keep fighting.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

I don't think about myself as a woman in these contexts, I think about myself as a human. I feel like role model for all young people who wants to do science – not only girls.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

I always thought that nothing or no one should stop me from doing what I like. If you have a passion for questions, and if you have the courage, then you don't need a model that is exactly like yourself.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

The current Trump–Silicon Valley consensus—that all forms of regulation somehow constrain the muscular freedom of companies to innovate—is ludicrous.

Deputy Prime Minister of the UK (2010-2015) & Liberal Democrat Leader

At the end of the day, the platforms will complain, but they exist to serve society—society doesn't exist to serve them.

Deputy Prime Minister of the UK (2010-2015) & Liberal Democrat Leader

One of the great ironies of a company like Meta, where I worked, is that well over 90% of its users are outside the US, yet well over 90% of the bandwidth among decision-makers is focused on what's happening in America. In the end, that just doesn't make sense.

Deputy Prime Minister of the UK (2010-2015) & Liberal Democrat Leader

We're not just over-reliant—we're wholly reliant—on American technology across the entire stack. Our data sits in American cloud infrastructure; our hardware is American designed; our software and operating systems are overwhelmingly American; most of the AI systems people interact with are American, and so on.

Deputy Prime Minister of the UK (2010-2015) & Liberal Democrat Leader

Politicians, by and large, don't understand technology at all, and technologists don't understand politicians—and both tend to denigrate each other. The technologists in Silicon Valley see politicians as venal, short-term, and ignorant, while politicians view technologists as rapacious capitalists who will stop at nothing to beat their rivals and lack any ethical compass.

Deputy Prime Minister of the UK (2010-2015) & Liberal Democrat Leader