I will be sending this piece to so many people who have constantly told me not to dilly-dally on an issue, and take a stand, when all l'm trying to do is understand the origination and analysis of all the involved sides and their thoughts.
"Thought Fluidity" very much exists, where one should be able to decide for themselves which side th…
I will be sending this piece to so many people who have constantly told me not to dilly-dally on an issue, and take a stand, when all l'm trying to do is understand the origination and analysis of all the involved sides and their thoughts.
"Thought Fluidity" very much exists, where one should be able to decide for themselves which side they have a good affinity for, by critically analysising it over time, while also having an open mind towards the constant stream of new information on all the involved sides. The least people can do is acknowledge their own side's pitfalls and credit other's where it's due. Not a lot of them are capable of doing this maybe because of the reaction they fear from their own side or are just incapable of seeing outside the box they are entrapped in.
I sincerely hope, people start giving more importance to nuance and understanding of the grey aspect of issues rather than going the ooga-booga way of us or them and create more disharmony and toxicity in this already chaotic place we live in.
I resonate completely with your reflections, Geetansh. Thank you for sharing them! You raise such an important point that facts and truth often reveal themselves overtime - and most often (particularly for large, societal issues with complex origins), we just don't have all the information we would need to genuinely align with a single side and only a single side.
I do think that more and more people are realizing we NEED to find a new way. A lot of people are quiet about it, but I think a shift is happening. It's my hope anyway!
Your comment is so perfect, it's everything I feel and wish more people could see. Please do send this essay to anyone who's stuck in that broken binary approach. I think part of the problem—besides that Us vs Them mentality being part of our primitive instincts—is simply that people lack the mental framework for practicing thought fluidity (as you wonderfully described!) and don't know how to push back when others demand they instantly take a side.
The more we can highlight this "middle way" in our culture, the more obviously destructive the choice to reject it can become. And thank YOU for committing to this practice of seeking nuance and thinking independently in your own life. People don't get enough credit for this difficult and powerful ability in our culture today. Your comment fills me with hope.
I will be sending this piece to so many people who have constantly told me not to dilly-dally on an issue, and take a stand, when all l'm trying to do is understand the origination and analysis of all the involved sides and their thoughts.
"Thought Fluidity" very much exists, where one should be able to decide for themselves which side they have a good affinity for, by critically analysising it over time, while also having an open mind towards the constant stream of new information on all the involved sides. The least people can do is acknowledge their own side's pitfalls and credit other's where it's due. Not a lot of them are capable of doing this maybe because of the reaction they fear from their own side or are just incapable of seeing outside the box they are entrapped in.
I sincerely hope, people start giving more importance to nuance and understanding of the grey aspect of issues rather than going the ooga-booga way of us or them and create more disharmony and toxicity in this already chaotic place we live in.
I resonate completely with your reflections, Geetansh. Thank you for sharing them! You raise such an important point that facts and truth often reveal themselves overtime - and most often (particularly for large, societal issues with complex origins), we just don't have all the information we would need to genuinely align with a single side and only a single side.
I do think that more and more people are realizing we NEED to find a new way. A lot of people are quiet about it, but I think a shift is happening. It's my hope anyway!
Your comment is so perfect, it's everything I feel and wish more people could see. Please do send this essay to anyone who's stuck in that broken binary approach. I think part of the problem—besides that Us vs Them mentality being part of our primitive instincts—is simply that people lack the mental framework for practicing thought fluidity (as you wonderfully described!) and don't know how to push back when others demand they instantly take a side.
The more we can highlight this "middle way" in our culture, the more obviously destructive the choice to reject it can become. And thank YOU for committing to this practice of seeking nuance and thinking independently in your own life. People don't get enough credit for this difficult and powerful ability in our culture today. Your comment fills me with hope.