We’ve all got that one friend… maybe today, it’s more than one.
You know, the friend that goes down every rabbit hole and comes up with expertise on why the world is ending and how “they” are trying to get you.
Even with context, this friend usually sounds a little nutty, but today— a lot of us are that friend.
It’s hard to escape the madness. We’re all hurting for moderates but it seems like no one wants to be in the middle about anything.
Either you’re anti something or pro it, an enforcer or freedom fighter.
We’ve all arrived to a point where everything is up for debate, and most can’t meet in the middle on anything.
How do you know when it’s paranoia? How do you know when your gut feeling is right?
For a long time, I trusted my gut over everything. I’m not going to tell you I was wrong either, because I wasn’t.
That said, my gut isn’t good at critical thinking.
It’s good at raising alarms.
If your instincts are shooting through the roof right now, than they’re doing their job.
Unfortunately, a lot of us stop here. The gut says this political party is evil and wants mass control, no research needed… and that’s where it stops.
If you want to go off-grid camping, and never come back– that’s fine. But I want a good life, and that requires moderation.
“The truth is in the middle” comes to mind here.
Neither party is right, and your friends blindly following one side or the other are just as dumb. A party is groupthink by definition. That doesn’t mean the science is wrong or they get everything right or wrong, it means you shouldn’t be so easily influenced.
People stay “informed” by being told what to do and believe.
There are too many LAZY thinkers.
The only way to know how to move forward in life, is to see for yourself. The challenge here, people find the information they secretly want to– unknowingly.
Social media makes it even harder.
There are people I want to follow for topics unrelated, but today these same people have become experts in science… at least, so they think.
My only word of advice?
Dig for yourself.
Nothing is personal, even when they’re personally trying to tell you what to do. Everyone lives out their own delusions, whether they are right or wrong they do this.
It’s human nature.
If we’re going to make the right choice for ourselves, we need to find the uninfluenced, un-politized data.
#AlwaysThinkforYourself
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