The author uses the following examples to describe slow thinking:

> In a mathematics context, it would be doing mental math to figure out things like the split of a restaurant bill.

> In a social context, it would be coming up with witty responses in conversation.

> In a recall context, it would be quickly remembering facts.

> In a sports context, it would be like a badminton player�s quick ability to hit the shuttle in a gap.

> In a job interview context, it would be solving small scale coding problems and quickly designing algorithm

But they are all in fact completely different kinds of thinking, and an individual may be fast or slow depending on the kind. As an example, I have no trouble with 1), 3) and 4), but am abysmally slow with 2) and 5). Am I a fast thinker or a slow one? I also know why 2) and 5) are slow, because they are human interactions and I spend extra time thinking about whether what I wanted to say may offend the other person. That's not necessarily slow thinking persay, but more so overthinking, resulting in a delayed or absent response.