There’s something about Vienna that invites reflection. Maybe it’s the architecture, maybe the history — or maybe it’s the quiet presence of thinkers who once walked its streets, stirring up ideas that changed the world. Today, as I sat in a café where Freud himself once regularly had coffee, I felt the weight of that legacy.
Freud lived in a world that required thinkers. Not consumers of content, but questioners of the norm. He wasn’t chasing likes or crafting viral soundbites. He was exploring the depths of the mind, wrestling with ideas, challenging what society believed to be true. And it made me wonder — where are those minds today?
We live in the age of speed. Of scrolling, liking, skipping. Information is no longer searched for; it’s served to us. And while this can feel efficient, it also raises a disturbing question: are we losing our capacity to think deeply? To challenge? To sit with discomfort long enough to give birth to insight?
It worries me.
Because when we stop encouraging real thought, we ignore a vital part of human development — the part that begins with education. And I don’t mean education as schooling alone, but education as the slow cultivation of curiosity, critical thinking, and self-awareness.
We are not just automating tasks. We’re at risk of automating minds.
And what does a society become when it no longer thinks for itself?
Maybe more connected, but less alive.
Maybe more informed, but less wise.
Now more than ever, we need to protect the space for reflection. To challenge what’s trending. To ask better questions. To educate not only the mind, but also the capacity to wonder. Because the future depends not on how fast we get answers — but on how willing we are to think.
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