A commercial fisherman, who exceeded his fish quotas by 200,000 pounds, has been convicted of conspiracy, mail fraud, and obstruction of justice in New York.

Selling isn’t about chicanery. The analogy of “water to a fish” speaks to a common misunderstanding about sales.

Struggling fish and chip shop owners admit they may have to stop selling fish to survive. They say their businesses are being battered by the soaring costs of cod and other seafood.

Between December 2013 and November 2019, the restaurant admitted to selling more than 29 tons of frozen and imported fish that was sold to customers as local premium species.

This essay is adapted from Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence Is Destroying the Court—And How We Can Fix It by Aaron Tang, used with permission by Yale University Press.