I Don't Think we Think Anymore...
Benjamin Sangwa
Founder at EveryMe Labs, BEng Mechanical Engineering, MSc Data science, MSc Cyber security, AI researcher, Blender Artist, Unity Developer, Web Developer, Fine Artist, Illustrator and more :)
Stop!
Think.
What do you think thinking is?
As a young man entering my professional career, I was told this. "1% of people truly Think. 2% of people think they think. and 97% of people would rather die than think." With that, think again about what you think, thinking is.
Did you notice that!
if you did, did your thinking about thinking change?
Well.
1% of you did.
2% of you think you did.
97% of you are not here anymore... (but that's okay).
I heard the above sentence 5 years ago. Thinking about it today and everything we as a planet have been through since. I think, it is safe to say. Even less people think today.
I know you’re angry. So stop it. Just think about it. Is our capacity to think on an individual level increasing or decreasing?
Thinking is a personal skill, its like wiping your bum in the loo. Every thought is a square of tissue. Every new thought a new piece. Every old thought and old piece. You don't want to use someone else's thinking without thinking about it. You don't even want to rely on thinking you've done in the past without thinking about it.
Thats gross!
for the 97 it is like wiping someone else's bum with your brain. it will probably lead you to shit ideas, shit thoughts and terrible thinking after!
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Because, that is not thinking.
its the opposite of thinking, its parroting. But Today thats safer than thinking.
think about it.
When was the last time you saw great public thinking on display.
I'll wait....
Think. When was the last time you actually had a mental orgasm, because you heard something so well thought out.
The last time you had a nuanced conversation that made you think about it for days!
The last time you didn't feel triggered, frustrated but heard.
There is a fiery magic when two people think together.
But how often have you heard something someone say, and know where they saw it or heard it?
You know who said it, and it wasn't them. No new thinking has happened. Nothing has been added. If anything, something has been lost from the original thought.
Yuck!
Let's chase the fire of new thinking.
And avoid wiping our brains on another peoples butts.
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9 个月Our thoughts are mainly just a recycling of the data that we already have gathered. "Thoughts appear as a necessary function in the human organism. The organism does not decide to create them any more than it decides to breathe. They are sourced from that which sustains and supports the organism. To believe that you can stop your thoughts presupposes that you initiate them." (Wu Hsin) Human cognition, vulnerable to manipulation and deception, has led people to become enslaved by their own thoughts and mental constructs, obeying without question and becoming so entranced by the world around them that their ability to discern has withered. "The malfunction of our own personal thought system instigates the breakdown of personal relationships and leads to the crumbling of societies, causing unnecessary suffering and sadness. The misled thoughts of humanity, alienated from their inner wisdom, cause all violence, cruelty and savagery in this world. Since the beginning, the state of any society is a direct result of its conditioned way of thinking. As you think, so you shall hear. The sage hears fools and wise alike. The fool hears only fools.” (Sydney Banks)