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Thinking, Fast and Slow outlines the two most prevalent techniques our brains use. Our brain, like a computer, is made up of systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

System 1 is quick, intuitive, and emotionally charged. Daniel Kahneman wants us to wean ourselves off of this system. The most prevalent source of errors and stagnation is System 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

System 2 is a more careful, slower, and logical reasoning process. Kahneman advises using this system more regularly. In addition to this counsel, Kahneman explains how and why we make decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Notable quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

• \u201cA reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cNothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cOur comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cIf you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cIntelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cThe psychologist, Paul Rozin, an expert on disgust, observed that a single cockroach will completely wreck the appeal of a bowl of cherries, but a cherry will do nothing at all for a bowl of cockroaches.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cThe idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cOdd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cThis is the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cThe confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cWe are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cWe can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cA reliable way of making people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cThe world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cYou are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cThe easiest way to increase happiness is to control your use of time. Can you find more time to do the things you enjoy doing?\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cFamiliarity breeds liking.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cThe illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cThe test of learning psychology is whether your understanding of situations you encounter has changed, not whether you have learned a new fact.\u201d<\/li>
• \u201cacquisition of skills requires a regular environment, an adequate opportunity to practice, and rapid and unequivocal feedback about the correctness of thoughts and actions.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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