In a lake there's a patch of lily pads doubling in size every day. It takes 48 days for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long does it take to cover half of the lake? System 1 - fast, intuitive thinking - says 24 days. System 2 - slower logical thinking - says 47 days. System 3 Thinking looks more closely at the question and comes to a different conclusion, that after 48 days the patch would cover much of an ocean, not a lake. But this book isn't about puzzles, its central theme is … [Read more...] about System 3 Thinking by Stephen K Lee