I think all the characters in 'American Horror Story,' which is why I love it, are looking for some sense of meaning, and also it's their form of happiness.
I think we also have learned the lesson that we have to have better incentive structures.
When an economist says the evidence is "mixed," he or she means that theory says one thing and data says the opposite.
My mantra is if you want to help people accomplish some goal, make it easy.
So, what's a nudge? A nudge is some small feature of the environment that attracts our attention and alters our behavior.
The lesson from behavioral economics is that people only save if it's automatic.
There's no reason to think that markets always drive people to what's good for them.
Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness.
Naturally, to follow dharma, we have to find out what it is. You have to struggle with it. The answer will not come easily. You will be swayed by your desires, conditioning, and those around you who have ideas about what you should do, what is proper, what is improper.
I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang.
Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no opportunity to commit