Everybody loves Alice Morgan

Scritto il 13 giu 2010 // Ipse Dixit, Oggi ti consiglio....

…in 1988, two psychologists published an article arguing that “positive self-deception” is a normal and advantageous part of most people’s lives.

It turns out, people lie to themselves about three things. They view themselves in implausibly positive ways, they think they have far more control over their lives than they actually do,  and they believe the future will be better than the evidence of the present can possibly justify.

E se non lo avete ancora fatto, guardate Luther.

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