Daniel Kahneman's two systems of thinking

“Questioning what we believe and want is difficult at the best of times, and especially difficult when we most need to do it” (Kahneman, 2011: 3). In many ways, this claim describes Kahneman’s over all mission with his bestselling book, “Thinking fast and slow”, in which he seeks to show the reader, how our everyday decision making is filled with biases.

During the book, psychology professor and economic Nobel prize winner, Daniel Kahneman, takes us through the pitfalls, into which all of us tend to fall, without even knowing it. His argument is based on the claim, that every single decision, we as humans make, is based in the so-called system 1 and system 2.

According to Kahneman, system 1 rely on knowledge and routine and is engaged when a subject is dealing with a task that requires little to no effort, e.g. simple mathematical calculations, or routine work