Reading Reflection No. 3

The book I chose for the third reading reflection was Thinking, Fast and Slow written by Daniel Kahneman. The main argument in the book was that the mind operates in two systems. The first system is for abrupt and automatic thinking or fats thinking. It is what makes the answer to 4x4 pop into your head so quickly. The second system is for more complex and deliberate thinking also called slow thinking. This is the thinking that requires you to put in extra effort to make the decision or complete the task. 

The book connected with what I learned in ENT3003 because I realized throughout the course I have been using system two more than system one. Since this course essentially consisted of us coming up with a business idea from scratch, the assignments required a lot of mentally draining thinking. When I was doing the assignments, my idea generation required a lot of deliberate and intentional thinking. It was rare that I was coming up with ideas and solution automatically using system one of thinking. 

If I had to design an assignment I would teach students about the two systems of thinking. I would then have them get a notebook and the next day have them be mindful of there thinking process. I would have them try to keep track of which system of thinking they were using through the day. they would write down the situation and then write whether it was system one or two. When we meet up for class agin, I would have the see which system o thinking they used most throughout the day and have a discusion about hwy they thinkthey used that system more often. 

The biggest surprise for me was the entire concept of having two different systems of thinking. This idea seemed so foreign to me. When I thought of the thinking process I always pictured it as one system. However, after reading the book, the concept actually makes sense. It is interesting to think that our thought process has these two different systems that are complete opposites, yet work together to suport one another.