The consequences of this problem make themselves felt in bookshops. When you go to a large bookshop and look at the self-help sections, as I sometimes do -- if you analyze self-help book sproduced in the world today, there are basically two kinds. The first kind tells you, "You can do it! You can make it! Anything's possible!" The other kind tells you how to cope with what we politely call "low self-esteem," or impolitely call, "feeling very bad about yourself."

真相往往比我们告诉自己的故事更复杂。

唯一能让你明智的是你自己的经验。

The social brain hypothesis suggests that our intelligence evolved to manage our complex social lives.

You can’t let fear dictate your life.

Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.