Mental obesity. Obesity is the definition of being physically overweight. A contributing factor to the physical is the automation of physical tasks. Cars, bikes, lifts, escalators and so on. We’re now even seeing electric assistance on bikes and scooters. I think as humans we are inherently lazy. Whilst the automation of certain tasks is of benefit (i.e washing machine, iron, heating) I think we’re at the point where it’s damaging our health.
Getting to my point of mental obesity. Now that we’ve automated the physical we’re now automating the mental. Google maps instead of a road map. Google instead of researching books. Home automation such as alexa. PC typing rather than writing. All of these are leading to our brains getting lazy. Our brains need to solve problems, they need to be busy. As we’re replacing the traditional thinking tasks they’re trying to keep busy by doing other things. Facebook, instagram, etc. There’s now too much time and in my opinion it’s leading to a mental and emotional obesity.
The solution is conciousness and awareness of our reliance on automation and technology. They’re both great evolutions but we need to be careful how we use them.
My Inner Self 