# Overthinking It By:: [[Brian Heath]] 2022-10-18 The line between thinking and overthinking has drifted over time. Immediately preceding the information age and the Internet, it was common to overthink as thinking was the path to progress and prosperity. So much [[success]] had come from thinking that if some thinking was good, then more thinking was better. The initial response was a call to rediscover living in the moment and meditation. Think hippies and make [[love]], not war. The emphasis wasn't on not thinking at all but on finding balance and one's place in the universe. Given enough time, this counter-overthinking movement may have resulted in an age where thinking and overthinking were in equilibrium with nature. However, we find ourselves in an entirely different position. We looked external to ourselves and created technology to think for us. The Internet, technocracies, and social media - to name a few. We could have looked introspectively to find the balance, but this proved too costly. Instead of silent observation and reflection, we let computers collect and process all the data in the world, thinking that this will solve our overthinking problem. In many ways, it has solved the overthinking problem. It's just that today we don't think at all. Thus overthinking in 2022 is simply not following the algorithm, not trusting the organization, and not jumping to the next video. Overthinking today barely scratches the surface of what thinking was 50 years ago. Maybe we should be thinking a little more. So, what's up with the title of this blog? Maybe it's a marketing gimmick, a mistake, or a paradoxical call to action to give thinking a chance once again. #### Related Items [[Thinking]] [[Overthinking]] [[Information]] [[Technocrats]] [[Paradox]]