For an activity that we do daily, you’d think that as humans, we’d be better at it. It’s the one activity that really separates us from “lower” animals.
I’m talking about thinking.
But we don’t “think” very often. Most of our day is spent on autopilot. We merely follow what someone else has done and we’re satisfied. We wholeheartedly accept the rules that someone else has placed on us. No questions asked.
The question is “why”? Why don’t we think?
Because we’re afraid.
We’re afraid that if we use our brains, society will laugh at us. We fear that we’ll be ostracized from the group for our original thoughts. We fear that we’ll die.
But is that really true? When we actually use our brainpower, don’t good things typically happen? Don’t we accomplish great things if we truly think?
What we need to do is simple. We must let go of the fear and exercise that brain muscle.
The truth is that we’re in this global situation now because we didn’t think. Now’s the time to change that.
We need to think.
A New Source Code 