"When we think of ourselves, we identify with System 2, the conscious, reasoning self that has beliefs, makes choices, and decides what to think about and what to do. Although System2 believes itself to be where the action is, the automatic System 1 is the hero of the book. I describe System 1 as effortlessly originating impressions and feelings that are the main sources of the explicit beliefs and deliberate choices of System 2" This makes me think of Carl Jung's idea of the dualistic ego, us identifying with 'system 2' and our secondary "shadow-ego" as 'system 1."

"The mind—especially System 1—appears to have a special aptitude for the construction and interpretation of stories about active agents, who have personalities, habits, and abilities. You quickly formed a bad opinion of the thieving butler, you expect more bad behavior from him, and you will remember him for a while. This is also my hope for the language of systems." This is indicative of biases formed and enforced of peoples, like minority groups for instance.

"You have been invited to think of the two systems as agents within the mind, with their individual personalities, abilities, and limitations. I will often use sentences in which the systems are the subjects, such as, “System 2 calculates products."" The primary-ego and shadow-ego...

"To resist the illusion, there is only one thing you can do: you must learn to mistrust your impressions of the length of lines when fins are attached to them. To implement that rule, you must be able to recognize the illusory pattern and recall what you know about it." So to "resist" the shadow, or to forgo it's actions, one must be intentional and conscious?

"Now that you have measured the lines, you—your System 2, the conscious being you call “I”—have a new belief: you know that the lines are equally long. If asked about their length, you will say what you know." !!!!!

"And every human being has had the experience of not telling someone to go to hell. One oft he tasks of System 2 is to overcome the impulses of System 1. In other words, System 2 is in charge of self-control." Interesting.

"System 2 is also credited with the continuous monitoring of your own behavior—the control that keeps you polite when you are angry, and alert when you are driving at night." This is why I refer to 'system 2' as the primary-ego, as it is the version of yourself you wish to bring to the table, while 'system 1' is the shadow, as it is unconsciousness and involuntary responses, and it resides under the consciousness.

"System 1 continuously generates suggestions for System 2: impressions, intuitions, intentions, and feelings. If endorsed by System 2, impressions and intuitions turn into beliefs, and impulses turn into voluntary actions. When all goes smoothly, which is most of the time, System 2 adopts the suggestions of System 1 with little or no modification. You generally believe your impressions and act on your desires, and that is fine—usually." Could this be involved in shadow work? As in, the unconscious, shadow-ego, bubbling onto the surface of the primary-ego, though dreams, intuitions and such? And if this is the case, does the shadow-ego influence the primary-ego? --- Also, this "lines-up" with examples of peoples in media being absorbed by 'system 1' and turned into belief and opinions of said peoples, via verification by 'system 2.'

"we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness." I like this.

"System 2 has some ability to change the way System 1 works, by programming the normally automatic functions of attention and memory." Consciousness repeated thought and action brought on by 'system 2' can change the way 'system 1' reacts and responds to information and stimuli.

"The often-used phrase “pay attention” is apt: you dispose of a limited budget of attention that you can allocate to activities, and if you try to go beyond your budget, you will fail." Having ADHD is like being bad with your money, or having impulsive buying habits, if attention were money.

"Detecting the similarity of a personality sketch to an occupational stereotype requires broad knowledge of the language and the culture, which most of us possess. The knowledge is stored in memory and accessed without intention and without effort." This makes me think about the way in which certain groups of people are portrayed in media and cultural stories, and how that impacts 'system 1' in identifying those groups of people in certain ways, even if it is not a reflection of reality.