Pithy Summary – Bulletin #41

β€”An examination of how we think the way we think via System 1 (intuitive) and System 2 (deliberative)β€”

The Non-fiction Feature

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Author: Daniel Kahneman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 512 | 2013

thinking fast and slow

System 1 is designed to jump to conclusions from little evidence–and it is not designed to know the size of its jumps…

For some of our most important beliefs we have no evidence at all, except that people we love and trust hold these beliefs.

The Children's SpotIn My Heartby Jo Witek
The Children’s Spot
In My Heart
by Jo Witek

My heart is full of feelings.
Big feelings and small feelings.
Loud feelings and quiet feelings.
Quick feelings and slow feelings.
My heart is like a house, with all these feelings living inside.

The Product SpotTetris
The Product Spot
Tetris


Tetris can pull you out of an anxious mental state into a calmer state of flow, where you are doing something somewhat repetitive that requires some skill and strategy.