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"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it." Henry Ford

You are right to expect that the internet could make it easier to do such thinking.

Except, you are not taking into account another factor: "Hard work never killed anyone. But why take a... Oooh.. another like on my Facebook post"

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I don't think people set-out to not think, it's just we're by default lazy thinkers. Cognitive dissonance pushes us to find our own contained, biased circles within the internet, where we can 'think' without the requirement of resolving conflicting thoughts. Because, no matter what weird views we might have, there is bound to be a few hundred people out there that share them. The internet just made it easier to find them.

>it's just we're by default lazy thinkers

Thinking is expensive. Somewhere around 20% of our bodies energy use is our brain working. It's probably been an evolutionary advantage in many cases to offload our thinking to the right people for most of history.

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