@Gargron@mastodon.social In "Thinking Fast and Slow" the author talks about a sort of "budget" that we have for higher order thinking that runs out. Our ability to deal with stress comes out of the same budget as doing complex mathematics or systems engineering, which comes out of the same budget for considered communication. When it runs out we activate all our mental shortcuts, whatever they are and need to be. We get sloppy in everything we do that requires slow, deliberative thinking.