Thinking, Fast and Slow

There exists 2 systems in our mind :

System 1 : fast, lightning reaction; reflex system;

 System 2 : slower, more effort, logical

Read all about it ... ( will take some time to cover everything!)...







Salient points :

(1) System 1 is automatic. We cannot stop System 1 from observing things, but System 2 has Executive Control.  But System 2 requires effort, and that takes resources. So, human by nature wants to take short-cuts, as it is the most efficient way of doing things, so it relies on System 1 ( which will work most of the time, until disaster happens...like autopilot until the plane encounters a storm). To overcome laziness, takes effort. That is why effort must be paid ( read : need effort to go to work, hence need to be sufficiently paid to go to work . Laziness does not require effort. So no need to be paid to be lazy!)

(2) Read about the Muller-Lyer Illusion ( visual illusion ) and the Invisible Bear

 System 1 will tell you that (a) is longer line, but in reality (a) and (b) are the same in length.

(3) Read about Cognitive Illusion

(4) Read about the Dilated Pupils when humans are hard at work.

And many , many more insights as I read on. I told you... this book is heavy stuff....will require more than 1 week to really grasp everything....