True, I hear people I know, family members, just repeating what they hear on the news or social media with no attempt to think about it or find out more for themselves. We're surrounded by bots.
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most people avoid thinking.
that study about internal dialog highlighted the fact that modern people don't do very much reflection.
this is an aspect of time preference. people who have low time preference tend to spend a lot more time thinking and talking about things compared to actually doing them, especially when they haven't done them yet.
to not do this, while having not done these things yet tends to result in unexpected and undesired outcomes but the lack of thought doesn't bring that matter up either.
a society with hard money and tight fiscal policy is also a society with more meditative and discursive consideration of issues before actions are taken.
it's not hard to see how in so many ways authoritarianism wants to abolish thought.
Couldn’t agree more. Critical thinking is vital.