I had high hopes for this article, but it kind of let me down. The tl;dr is that you should slow down and focus in order to make better decisions, and that peo

I had high hopes for this article, but it kind of let me down. The tl;dr is that you should slow down and focus in order to make better decisions, and that people suck at multitasking and multitasking makes you stupid. The article didn’t really get into how to learn how to think. My opinion is that there are two critical skills to thinking effectively. The first is to assess each of your “inputs” critically - why do you think that something you know is true (epistemology)? Why do you believe a particular fact? People have a tendency to cherry pick and to accept information unquestioningly if it confirms a bias; you have to constantly challenge yourself not to do this. The other aspect of effective thinking, IMO, is to work backwards to first principles (challenge those too btw). Extrapolate your thought to extremes and see if it still makes sense- if it doesn’t, you’re likely just rationalizing to come up with your preferred outcome rather than really thinking. And of course practice. A lot.