An uneducated person to whom suddenly new doors of information are opened, such as by learning to read and speak English, is so fascinated by the newly available information! He finds it so interesting to take in all the new information from newspapers, TV, books, from other people and indulges in becoming a great, knowledgeable person.
We highly educated people, on the other hand, have SO many doors of information open to us since long that, we are initially overwhelmed and then soon, bored. It becomes a buyers market for our brain and we go along the path of least resistance. Academic study, stock market research, learning about whats going on in the island of Tonga, exploring public information from NASA, learning counting of cards for blackjack, reading novels, getting to know your colleagues better, helping in social service, reading novels, taking a free online course, learning bowling techniques - these are among the countless number of things we can do. But we choose the simplest (laziest) of them. The laziest of us just watch movies and TV series and gain some information. The less lazy ones read novels or actively search for new information and read it. Its human tendency to follow that path which requires least effort and yet gives satisfactory gains. So whats wrong in watching movies back to back all day? Its that, we are short-sighted in evaluating the gain/effort when deciding what to do.
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Thought inspired by English Vinglish movie.
We highly educated people, on the other hand, have SO many doors of information open to us since long that, we are initially overwhelmed and then soon, bored. It becomes a buyers market for our brain and we go along the path of least resistance. Academic study, stock market research, learning about whats going on in the island of Tonga, exploring public information from NASA, learning counting of cards for blackjack, reading novels, getting to know your colleagues better, helping in social service, reading novels, taking a free online course, learning bowling techniques - these are among the countless number of things we can do. But we choose the simplest (laziest) of them. The laziest of us just watch movies and TV series and gain some information. The less lazy ones read novels or actively search for new information and read it. Its human tendency to follow that path which requires least effort and yet gives satisfactory gains. So whats wrong in watching movies back to back all day? Its that, we are short-sighted in evaluating the gain/effort when deciding what to do.
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Thought inspired by English Vinglish movie.
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