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Supertopics:
Other Particular Human Behaviours
Self-Identity
Optimism
Overrating Ourselves

Overrating Our Abilites

Subtopics:
Boastfulness, Boasting, Bragging
boasting of a short commute time
webRuben Bolling2018-05-13
braggers are more annoying than they realize
webTia GhoseLiveScience2015-05-15
procreating to prove virility
webNina Paley1999-01-01
Particular Human Abilities That We Overrate
Predicting the Future
The Claim that Rich People Deserve to Be Rich
The Claim that Rich People Work Harder
The Claim that Rich People Are Smarter
The Rules Are Rigged (to shift wealth to the rich)
becoming rich is mostly luck
webMIT Technology Review2018-03-01
good habits allegedly practiced only by the 1%
sacrificing for tax cuts for the rich
webJen Sorensen2017-11-07
a special first-class place in hell
webDave Whamond2018-02-15
The Drunkard's Walk (How Randomness Rules Our Lives)
Leonard MlodinowPantheon Books2008-01-01
Fundamental Attribution Error
higher class leads to overconfidence leads to jobs
webScienceDaily2019-05-20
upper-class people credit their inherent superiority
webMatthew HutsonSlate2014-01-03
Recycling as a Feel-Good Effort
a garbage tax would be more effective than recycling
webJohn TierneyNew York Times2015-10-03