Mode 1 is intuitive, instant, unconscious, automatic, and emotional.
Mode 2 is slow, rational, conscious, reflective, reasoning, and deliberate.
At any point in time, your active thoughts and actions varies depending on what mode is running.
Slow, deliberate, focused and logical thinking is often applied to complex problems.
Deliberate thought is more reliable but we rarely stop, reflect, and make slow decisions, because in many situations our responses are automatic hence the need to hone your thinking skills.
Shallow thinkers rarely think beyond the obvious. They take information on the face value. A shallow thinker just looks at first-order consequences.
A deep thinker, on the other hand, looks at the whole chain of effects, impacts, and outcomes.
Shallow thinkers are incapable, and sometimes too lazy, to look at all sides of an issue or to explore the issues deeply before making judgment or decision.
Shallow thinkers usually strongly believe they are right.
They also believe they have depth behind their opinion, because they believe their opinion is also based on the truth and indisputable facts.
When you dig deeper, you understand better.
A shallow thinker solves one problem with one known solution.
A deep thinker approaches multiple problems from different angles.
