Understanding Anxiety, System One, and System Two Thinking

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Does Contemporary psychology overlap with Stoic philosophy?

In this episode, Michael and Caleb go through Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. It’s a seminal book in modern cognitive psychology and behavioral economics. Most importantly for our purposes, it’s discussion of two key thinking styles, can deepen one’s knowledge of Stoicism and, potentially, help one think better.

(01:21) Introduction

(06:35) Book Summary

(13:44) Going Deeper

(23:21) Anchoring

(26:05) Stoic Parallels

(37:26) Walking Through The Two Systems

(50:24) Takeaways