It Depends . . .

One-dimensional thinking vs deeper-level thinking (AKA, solve for the equilibrium).

Considering this:	One-dimensional thinking concludes:	Deeper-level thinking concludes:
To arrive at a destinations sooner one should drive…	Faster	Slower
A risk-averse investor should consider taking on…	Less market risk	More market risk
A successful salesperson…	Knows how to get what she wants	Knows how to satisfy peoples’ needs
To increase revenues...	Increase prices	Lower prices or offer coupons
To reduce the damages of a dangerous vice...	Prohibit it	Normalize it
To better preserve competitive balance in sports leagues...	Restrict player compensation	Liberalize player compensation
To reduce the risk of gun violence there should be...	More gun restriction	Less gun restriction
To change minds...	Speak more	Listen more
To increase the income of low-skilled workers...	Enforce high minimum wages laws	Lower or eliminate minimum wage laws
A satisfied restaurant customer...	Cleans his plate	Leaves some food uneaten
Basketball teams who shoot poorly (have a low percentage of shots that go in) should...	Be highly selective with their shots	Shoot the ball a lot more
To help the children who toil in child-labor manufacturing we should...	Ban and boycott their products	Buy and enjoy their products

Sometimes the obvious is right, and fast thinking serves us well; sometimes the less obvious is right, and slow thinking serves us better.