I think we can see a recurring theme with all great thinkers, philosophers and schools of thought: they took the time to think. And they did it with others.
You cannot think (clearly or to the fullest extent) if you are rushed. You get knocked out of System 2 to System 1.
I think this is right. And, to have the luxury to think, we had to reach a certain point with our civilization/division of labor. It's not as though our prehistoric ancestors weren't brilliant, it's that they did not have the luxury to sit around and think for hours every day. Certainly not with abstract thoughts based on language, anyway.
I loved this piece! So many of us writers use thinking as a day job. Yet so few of us actually think about the concept of thinking itself. Part of my motivation for starting The Lumeni Notebook so that I could explore this concept in a more formalised and structured manner. I think the best way to explore this is by deep diving into linguistics, philology and philosophy. Because these field investigate the root of all thinking: language.
That's fantastic. Language is certainly the way I think most of the time, although I think there's a secondary sort of thinking you can that's just as deep, but sometimes without "words" - but there are always abstractions and representations of ideas, so that's my own sort of language.
One of my favorites is the exploration into whether we actually can, or do Think Critically:
https://www.polymathicbeing.com/p/do-you-really-think-critically
I don’t believe we can over think. It is antithetical.
Agree.
My over-thinking about my own thinking recently has given me a headache. I think I'll stop thinking about it.
I think that's a good idea!
It's thinking turtles all the way down.
Fine, you've convinced me!
I'll think about starting to think about thinking. Tomorrow.
Just think about it.
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Here’s more thinking about thinking.
https://www.tannytalk.com/p/article-series-the-nature-of-thought
Article Series: The Nature Of Thought
We are made of thought. All of our ideas are made of thought. Thought is a big deal. So what is thought?
I think we can see a recurring theme with all great thinkers, philosophers and schools of thought: they took the time to think. And they did it with others.
You cannot think (clearly or to the fullest extent) if you are rushed. You get knocked out of System 2 to System 1.
I think this is right. And, to have the luxury to think, we had to reach a certain point with our civilization/division of labor. It's not as though our prehistoric ancestors weren't brilliant, it's that they did not have the luxury to sit around and think for hours every day. Certainly not with abstract thoughts based on language, anyway.
I loved this piece! So many of us writers use thinking as a day job. Yet so few of us actually think about the concept of thinking itself. Part of my motivation for starting The Lumeni Notebook so that I could explore this concept in a more formalised and structured manner. I think the best way to explore this is by deep diving into linguistics, philology and philosophy. Because these field investigate the root of all thinking: language.
That's fantastic. Language is certainly the way I think most of the time, although I think there's a secondary sort of thinking you can that's just as deep, but sometimes without "words" - but there are always abstractions and representations of ideas, so that's my own sort of language.
As soon as I made this post, I was like, "where's my collab with Mir?" Then I realized our last one here was back in September: https://goatfury.substack.com/p/wimps-and-machos
Nah. That’s too anal. Tautological thinking has its limits.