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Best Of: The Science of Regret

A Slight Change of Plans

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The Importance of Refusing

To live is to accumulate at least some regret, says author Dan Acker. If you don't experience a regret, truly, it's a sign of a potentially grave problem,. We're much more inclined to do the counterfactual thinking that makes us feel worse. Our brains are built for progress and efficiency; they know those if onlys will make us better if we do it right.

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