For sure, I think I know what you're getting at. My point/theory is that a small set of fundamental ideas, System I & System II being one of the ideas, can plausibly explain why affairs on this planet are so amazingly suboptimal considering the capabilities and resources at our disposal, and that very few people seem particularly concerned about or even aware of the abstract phenomenon.
> Add system 1 and system 2, this complexity is further multiplied by self-deception or irrational thought.
Exactly....these flaws are multiplicative: the resulting problem of combining multiple is (at least at times) much greater than the sum of the individual parts.
> And if that doesn't blow your mind, then realizing how pitiful the human mind performs on multi-dimensional problems compared to computers will put the fear of the event horizon back into your weekend. (>_<)
Oh yes...and, this poor performance can regularly be observed in culture war threads right here on HN, a community of fairly exceptionally intelligent and logical people, on a relative basis (people tending to think about certain things only in relative terms is another example in "the small set"). To me, it is unmistakably obvious that The Problem is with the way the human mind currently works, and until people are able to realize this, I think we will have to be satisfied with our marginal improvements approach to the world. I can't for the life of me understand why people are so insistent on this, but the world's a complicated place.