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Said another leader in the field, “If you are like most people, you feel convinced that because you have emotions, you know a lot about what emotions are, and how they work…you are almost certainly wrong.”
Emotional
Leonard Mlodinow
One of the earliest of these studies was published in 1969.14 It found that variations in death rates15 across the 50 U.S. states were predicted by variations in income, education, and other variables, but not by variations in medical spending.
The Elephant in the Brain
Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
Now for the converse. The optimistic explanatory style for good events is opposite that for bad events. The optimist believes that bad events have specific causes, while good events will enhance everything he does; the pessimist believes that bad events have universal causes and that good events are caused by specific factors. When Nora was offered temporary work back at the company, she thought: “They finally realized they can’t get along without me.” When Kevin got the same offer he thought: “They must really be shorthanded.”
Learned Optimism
Martin E.P. Seligman
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