Fast Thinking

This is the age of thinking too fast. When we think too fast we can only skim across the surface of life. There is no time for depth. We are forced to think fast because modern economics, work, technology, media and culture are in a hurry. They are in a hurry to change, to progress, this is essential to their survival. But thinking fast brings major problems. Thinking fast is shallow thinking. In this era of constant and rapid change, shallow thinking has lead us to the pandemic of modern civilisation; anxiety. It seems that we have become disconnected with ourselves, lost touch with the important, in the name of progress. The individual soul is dying as a relevant factor in relation to contemporary life. Shallow thinking is immature thinking, forever emotionally and spiritually stunted. The manifestations of this immature thinking are endemic in today’s society; violence, drug use, suicide, psychological disorders such as anorexia, neurosis and panic. The solution to fast thinking is discipline.