As discussed in earlier blogs, the human mind understands things better if we compare it with something simpler or something which we already know i.e. by giving analogies. In line with that, I will describe another analogy in an attempt to explain “Ego depletion” and much more. It is a bit long but worth the time. So read on. First, observe the figures. These figures try to recreate a famous scene from the popular film named “Finding Nemo”. Those who have seen the film will understand it almost instantly.  For those who haven’t - “Finding Nemo” is an animated adventure film by Pixar animation studios. In this, a clownfish named Marlin, the father of Nemo, along with another fish named Dory, venture into an adventurous journey to find his lost son Nemo. The film is all about how, on the way to Sydney which is the probable location of Nemo, these two fish face a lot of hardships and how they escape these and meet new friends. In the scene dep...

Welcome to my Blog Today, we will discuss, what according to me is an important hurdle, due to which people are unwilling to take action on Global warming and Climate change – Ego Depletion. Award-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman described 2 systems in our psyche, the fast thinking or system 1 and the slow thinking or system 2. He has given a detailed analysis of this by multiple studies in his experience, in his book “Thinking Fast and Slow.” In this book, he not only describes these in much detail with examples but utilizes this knowledge of the human mind to understand why various people make certain decisions the way they do. System 1 or the fast thinking system is the one which creates a mental map of the world around us. This is the system which is the root cause of bias in our mind. This would thus be discussed in detail in the blog on Bias and also a bit in my blog on the halo effect. However, today what we are interested in is system 2. This is the ...