> If you’re a knowledge worker, you can’t pick up the pace of mental discriminations just because you’re under pressure. Chances are good that you’re already go

> If you’re a knowledge worker, you can’t pick up the pace of mental discriminations just because you’re under pressure. Chances are good that you’re already going as fast as you can. Because guess what? You can’t voluntarily slow down your thinking, either. My thinking "rate" definitely slows down when I'm hungry or not well rested. I'm a faster problem solver under pressure but not when panicking. I don't think I'm unusual in this. I didn't see any references to any research, or really any supporting references at all. The DeMarco examples are all examples of either self defeating multi-tasking or working your team to exhaustion; not things designed to get people to "think faster" that are failing. Yes, "working smarter, not harder" is a good thing in itself but has nothing to do with thinking speed.