Abstract thinking is a mix of self-indulgent and high-leverage, and it's very hard to distinguish which is which.

Concrete thinkers think it's all self-indulgent.

"The only reason they like doing it is it gives them the dopamine hit of an aha moment without actually clarifying anything"

Abstract thinkers think it's all high leverage.

It's always some mix.

Abstract thinkers like abstract thinking.

Concrete thinkers hate it.