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The luxury of thought

9/12/2017

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(Hoping to get a good discussion on this and would really like your input)

I have had a couple of conversations with friends recently about a concept that I will dub "luxury of thought"

Basically, I think, people whose day to day concern is basic survival/putting food on the table/making ends meet do not have the luxury of time to be able to spend on thinking/contemplating/deeper reflection.

Don't get me wrong; It's not that they are incapable, or that they lack the intelligence. Rather, it's that when making priorities, thinking about immigrants/climate change/war....etc does not make the top 10 list of concerns for them.

I believe that when people are not given the opportunity to have such basic rights as the time and mental comfort to think, thinking/contemplating/self reflection becomes a luxury and opt for the basic, often myopic, understanding of the world around them.

This concept is weaponized by those whose interests are best served by those who enjoy such "luxury" but use it with ill intent.

What do you think?
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