In [[Thinking Fast and Slow]], Daniel Kahneman makes an analogy between walking speed and the engagement of [[System 2]]. People's typical cadence isn't something they'd describe as "difficult". You walk the speed you walk because it's what's easiest for you. He described this as a metaphor for the "lazy" approach that system 2 thinking takes. You only apply it at a "walking" pace, metaphorically speaking. You **can** ramp it up (associated with [[Pupil Dilation]], oddly), but it takes effort to maintain that pace of thinking just like it takes effort to walk faster than is comfortable. This also got me thinking - people's typical walking cadence is variable from person to person. I would bet the metaphor holds in this way, too. If there were some way to actually measure the "speed" of System 2 thinking, I'd guess that people would have varying baseline speeds. In other words, I'd bet some folks just naturally have more active system 2s than others, at baseline. **** # More ## Source - [[Thinking Fast and Slow]] - self ## Related -