Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.
Interpretation
Slow thinking allows for careful consideration and deliberate decision-making.
In this quote, Daniel Kahneman highlights the importance of taking one's time to think things through rather than rushing decisions. Slow thinking represents a thoughtful, analytical approach that allows individuals to engage deeply with complex ideas, leading to more reasoned and effective outcomes.
In practice
Using this quote in a workshop focused on critical thinking skills.
We think, each of us, that we're much more rational than we are. And we think that we make our decisions because we have good reasons to make them. Even when it's the other way around. We believe in the reasons, because we've already made the decision.
The average investor's return is significantly lower than market indices due primarily to market timing.
Banks are run by executives, and executives protect themselves, and that does not always mean that banks are going to behave rationally.
Laziness is built deep into our nature.
Through some combination of culture and biology, our minds are intuitively receptive to religion.
You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general.
A glorious failure can sometimes be more life affirming than a cautious win.
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
It's not the situation, but whether we react, or respond, to the situation that's important.
In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.
People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.
I can focus on writing, or I can get lost in wonderfully fun but endless conversations and produce nothing new at all. I count on those people who enjoy my work to understand this.
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