We are all cognitive misers. Our brains do not expend mental resources thoroughly examining problems when snap judgments will do.

The problems have been building up over years; the solutions will take years.

There are obviously still some problems out in the Gulf. We will have to wait and see how fast repairs can be made.

Reality is on a delay. For you, nothing is now. Realizing this fact is unsettling. If we can only react to the past, how do we manage to navigate the present? It's easy to spiral into a treatise on free will while in the fetal position, overthinking our forever past.

People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.

Whether we know it or not, each of our decisions is influenced by what we want to see or think.