Wow, two posts in two days, well I guess I've been given a fair amount of food for thought. So I was told today that I, "think too much". Is there such a thing? I would have to answer in the negative. My general response was something to the effect of, If we do not thing then we become complacent. Complacent to whom? Complacent to any person or group of persons who wishes us to follow their ideology in any form. Blind allegiance to ideology can be worse than no allegiance or belief at all. Which is why I get so angry when I hear people spout off about their politics, yet when you challenge them they are at a loss of words because they don't know why the believe what they believe.
So when I hear someone say that I think too much I think of such connotations as excessive or that I over think or that I"m obsessive about it - all negative connotations. So what if I think less? Sure ignorance may be pure bliss, but is it real happiness? Is it good to de-construct the world to a shell of what it really is in order to achieve this artificial happiness? No it is not. I've come to terms with the complexity of the world although it is still a source of great anxiety. Yet I choose to continue to think deeply and critically about the world because when I cease to think is when I cease to become a free person.
In conclusion, I will not comply and I will most certainly not be happy with the world at face value. Yes it causes anxiety with the complexity, but once we understand this complexity our possibilities are completely endless. Human beings less than a century ago had a less complex understanding of the world than we do today. We've made progress because of those who "think too much". This just boggles my mind. Perhaps this person is simply a mind in the stages of its intellectual infancy, and this is what I believe, I can only hope this view changes.
So when I hear someone say that I think too much I think of such connotations as excessive or that I over think or that I"m obsessive about it - all negative connotations. So what if I think less? Sure ignorance may be pure bliss, but is it real happiness? Is it good to de-construct the world to a shell of what it really is in order to achieve this artificial happiness? No it is not. I've come to terms with the complexity of the world although it is still a source of great anxiety. Yet I choose to continue to think deeply and critically about the world because when I cease to think is when I cease to become a free person.
In conclusion, I will not comply and I will most certainly not be happy with the world at face value. Yes it causes anxiety with the complexity, but once we understand this complexity our possibilities are completely endless. Human beings less than a century ago had a less complex understanding of the world than we do today. We've made progress because of those who "think too much". This just boggles my mind. Perhaps this person is simply a mind in the stages of its intellectual infancy, and this is what I believe, I can only hope this view changes.
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I just had a conversation with my friend about how I ask heavy things. I don't do much small talk, and not much medium talk lol. I wait until I'm asked a question because I want people to be curious and I don't want to get into religion and politics all of a sudden. If I do small talk, I hate it. "Hi Steve." "Wassap?" "Nothing much." "Ohhhh?...ZZZzzzzZZzzzzZZZ."
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