Some things are easier than others; and that can be dangerous

Have you ever seen someone who looked really angry - I mean really upset? In that moment, did you have to do a lot of thinking to recognize it and realize that they were probably going to speak intensely, probably be critical, and have a lot of energy in what they did next? Probably not. Your intuition effortlessly "get's" what's going on. Similarly, if you've ever been handed a math problem, you might have noticed that you don't have the same sort of experience. Odds are you slowed down, recognized whether or not you've seen this kind of problem before, considered what approach you might use to solve it, and maybe started looking for a pencil and paper. It's not intuitive or instinctive - you're slowing down and deliberately taking some action. The first example is fast thinking (or System 1 thinking), and the second example is called slow thinking (System 2 thinking, if you're in the psychology world). System 1 thinking requires no effort on your part, but System 2 thinking requires attention and effort. If you don't pay attention, you will not perform as well. What's the point? When people apply Fast Thinking to Slow Thinking Problems, things don't go so well. An intuitive answer to a mathematical problem only works if you've solved that kind of problem so many times that you actually have some intuition about it. Otherwise, it's a major gap in judgement. When you think about your wealth - how you're building it, what you want to do with it, how you want it to be regarded in the future, how you want future generations to work with it - it is a System 2 Slow Thinking exercise. Our brain is prone to taking the easy way and doing the least amount of work.  But don't be rushed into decisions where someone hasn't helped you take the time to pull apart exactly what you want to do, and why you want to do it; what's motivating it. Big decisions leave a big ripple, good or bad.