Cognitive Thinking
Kahneman explores the subject of cognitive thinking by providing his research on the contrast between two thought processes, namely System 1 and System 2. By delving into both systems he highlights the cognitive biases that exist in both of them and how they impact human behaviors. System 1 is a thought process that is faster, emotive, and instinctual thus where morality, heuristic and innate judgments lie. Whereas System 2 is rather more thought-out, rational, and hence slower. He further delves into the cognitive biases that yield human behaviors such as overconfidence in our judgment, substitution, and loss aversion. Therefore the book is an exploration of cognitive thinking in illuminating on the various foci in human behaviors.
Uncertainties of Life
In exploring the thought process and cognitive biases Kahneman highlights how the human mind tends to not take account of uncertainties. In that the illusion the mind has regarding understanding the past impact our inclination of placing causation in events. The mind inclines to underestimate the roles of chance or unknown variables in future circumstances hence the optimistic bias. It gives the illusion of control over future occurrences due to the knowledge of past occurrences. Kahneman argues that relying on accurate guesses or expert opinion is less reliable in understanding the future since life occurrences are rather uncertain.
