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The Honest Truth About Dishonesty (2012) This was the first book I read that was written by Dan Ariely, which was around 2 years ago. Since I’ve had some time away from it, the one that remains salient is that people don’t evaluate dishonesty on a rational model of weighing the cost versus the benefit of an act, comparing positive and negative outcomes. The much more related model is that which is related to a person’s view of him/herself. People will fudge results only to the extent that they do not feel bad about themselves.

Gotten around to finishing Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking Fast and Slow. It's quite fascinating. Here he describes two thinking systems in the mind; System 1 and System 2 . System 1 is automatic.  System 2 is deliberate. System 1 is fast. System 2 is slow. Intuitions fall on System 1. Active and effort-full calculation is on System 2.