We have made it impossible for children to fall very far—and in so doing, we have robbed them of the joys of climbing high.

- Megan Mcardle

I'd also like us to encourage people to gang rush shooters, rather than following their instincts to hide; if we drilled it into young people that th…

- Megan Mcardle

It is a vast, and pervasive, cognitive mistake to assume that people who agree with you (or disagree) do so on the same criteria that you care about.

- Megan Mcardle

The up side of down: why failing well is the key to success.

- Megan Mcardle

If we wanted a program to help the majority of the population, we'd offer loan guarantees to help poor people get access to reliable cars so that the…

- Megan Mcardle

Entrenched customs represent a social equilibrium, and moving away from that equilibrium is difficult to do on your own.

- Megan Mcardle

Over the years, I developed a theory about why writers are such procrastinators: We were too good in English class. This sounds crazy, but hear me ou…

- Megan Mcardle