I do some of my best thinking on my bike. Or on my skis. Or in the shower. Or when I’m drifting off to sleep. I suppose that’s because, except for gravel, snow snakes, frothy soap and the Sandman ...

Daniel Kahneman, in his recent book, described the differences between thinking fast and thinking slow. When we engage in fast thinking, our responses are driven by emotions, heuristics, and biases.

The book Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman, put forward the idea that we reason using not one but two systems, System 1 and System 2, which are fast and slow, respectively. According to ...