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Rolf Dobelli

Geboren: July 15, 1966 – Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

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Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss writer and entrepreneur whose work explores cognitive biases, decision-making, and practical philosophy. He is best known for The Art of Thinking Clearly and also wrote The Art of the Good Life and Stop Reading the News; his books have been published in 50 languages. ((https://www.dobelli.com/de/person/))

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Rolf Dobelli was born in Lucerne, Switzerland, in 1966 and studied business administration and philosophy at the University of St. Gallen, where he earned a PhD in philosophy. After university he worked in business, including at Swissair, and later co-founded getAbstract, an entrepreneurial move that helped define the practical, managerial cast of his later writing. Years spent living in Hong Kong, Australia, England, and the United States broadened that outlook further. He did not begin as an early literary wunderkind: by his own account, he wrote his first book at 35, a relatively late start that became part of his public identity. The delay also helps explain the character of his work, which tends to synthesize experience, research, and observation rather than present itself as purely academic theory. He lives in Bern with his wife, the novelist Clara Maria Bagus, and their sons. ((https://www.dobelli.com/?utm_source=openai))

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News is to the mind what sugar is to the body
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The key word here is immersion. Immersion – the opposite of surfing
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After forty life is too short for reading poor books
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We should treat public opinion about us as white noise
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If something truly significant happens, you’ll hear about it
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The Stoics were, and I would say still are, some of the most practical philosophers
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But, eventually, groups that use standards outpace groups that do not
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The promise of technological progress can, by definition, not be kept
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