When you can store a bunch of information in your working memory as one unit. Eg. 2,0,1,9 is four numbers - but 2019 is chunked into one recent year. You can hold more information if you can chunk it up. Education should give you lots of chunkable abstractions. Chunks can be handled better by System 1.
Published on Jul 28, 2021
The unwanted habits or behaviors are triggered by a negative emotion that you want to get away from. The unwanted behavior is how you distract yourself from the negative emotion. People strive to avoid psychological discomfort.
Published on Jul 19, 2021
People hold passionate views about topic that they don't really understand. They think they understand it - but its only apparent when they are asked to explain it in detail. That is where they will fail.
Published on Jul 17, 2021
People make different decisions if they pause and think about the decision vs when they react immediately. System 1 is way more vulnerable to exploits.
Published on Jul 16, 2021
We attribute the reason of our own(or of our friends) failures to the environment, but the failures of others(or our enemies) to their character.
Published on Jul 15, 2021
This is a way to look at one decision from multiple different angles/perspectives.
Published on Jul 10, 2021
Helps in studying a system - identify relations and feedback loops.
Published on Jul 10, 2021