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Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow

Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking

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How Does Associative Memory Work?

When things go routinely and are not surprising, system one thinking flows. But when there is a surprise we can catch the mobilization of effort,. Skills are automatic, so driving is an automatic skill, chess playing at a high level is an automatic Skill. Recognizing that somebody is afraid may be innate, but recognizing that somebody is tired and doesn't look well I would expect is a learned skill. We have a primitive notion of what associations are like, you know, night, day, or bread, butter - they are much, much richer than that.

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