[CSM]

We have had a couple of generations right now that have not had to face the punishment for not thinking. For example, it is easy to blithely call for a “gun free” society when you are not faced with starvation when the “rabbits don’t hop into your pot.” It is easy to attack oil when the alternative is to NOT have kerosene for your lamps. It is easy to deride big business after you already have electricity and indoor plumbing.

The poorest in our society “want” for nothing, therefore it is very EASY to exist and to NOT THINK. There is no negative consequence to NOT THINKING.

[fwdude]

Thank technology for much of this mind atrophy in young folks. My first job as a grocery cashier depended on common sense and keeping a constantly changing list of prices and categories updated in head. I had to be able to count back change, without a computer telling me. I had to remember produce codes, even had to learn WHAT all the produce was to identify it. Sales were constantly happening, and had to memorize the weekly newspaper ad sheet as well.

Today, you just have to be able to sweep your arm.

[ClearBlueSky]

Discussing writing and creativity- I’ve actually had someone tell me that they couldn’t imagine anything unless a pro writer did it first! That- and that something I wrote had ‘too many words’!!
People are so stupid that they don’t realize how stupid they are. They are proud that they don’t think! I guess the brain is just there to keep their head from collapsing.