“System 1 operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control.”
— Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow, p. 20
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Insight
Most thinking is automatic. Slow deliberate reasoning (System 2) is expensive and used reluctantly.
Try this
Today, when about to decide quickly, pause and ask: "Is this System 1 jumping or System 2 thinking?"
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