Outsourcing Our Brains: A Modern Tragedy

The Beauty and Challenge of Thinking

Thinking is the mysterious ability we humans like to blow our horns about; it is essentially the art of creating things and coming up with ideas that offer meaningful value and are wrapped in beauty and elegance.

Even more, great thinking has the pulse you can feel and the rhythm you cannot ignore. It is such a beautiful and mind-awakening activity that can:

• stir long-dormant curiosity,
• challenge one to leave their comfort zones,
• and even push them to risk reshaping the world.

But Why Don’t We Do It?

• Is it so painful or hard?
• Is it really that unpopular?

Actually, scientists claim that it is a hard process. And one has to put effort into doing it in a quality way. It demands:

• effort
• focus
• objectiveness
• power of will
• readiness to feel uncomfortable

Can you imagine?

We have to work without getting paid for it!

Why Think at All?

Why do we need to think if we have:

• ready-made opinions in the media
• ready-made reflections others share
• and we just stick to them?

Do we recognize ourselves when we:

• scroll down the feed on our social media
• click “like,”
• and assume we are now informed —

without digging deep to understand what is going on?

The Distraction Dilemma

Some will argue that they do not have time for it.

Yet these same people will:

• watch silly videos
• without noticing how time flies
• stealing their attention
• and distracting them from serious matters

Otherwise, we would have to:

• question mental manipulations
• modern trends
• even our habits
• and maybe…

accept that we are not right

Sounds horrible, doesn’t it?

The Ultimate Choice

Yes, thinking is hard.

Reasoning is hard.

Contemplation is hard.

But if we do not want to download ourselves into the life others have prepared for us,

we choose — as Shakespeare once put it:

_“To be or not to be.”_