In this Bafflement Essay, I want to consider the failure to think. ‘I don’t want to think about it.’ It’s a phrase I’ve been hearing repeatedly during the Covid crisis, an indication that the speaker prefers to take things on trust and not concern herself with the dramatic changes sweeping life in the Western world.
Fantastic essay Alex. Really appreciate it.
I can't tell you how many people have disappointed me in the last 2 years.
I often wonder how they get dressed in the morning.
Mostly the more degrees the person has, the shallower the thinking.
Sleepwalking out of our civilization. Sometimes hopping and skipping and bouncing.
Sickening.
Really good and to the point.