I think in today's world, people are just too rushed to think by themselves. We are trained from young to focus on the results, through the formal education system, and because of that, "theory" isn't that well liked, because it has no immediate results. Even in school, where the main aim is supposed to be learning, you find students clamoring for tips in order to do well in their exams.

In a society where the immediacy is so highly valued, ideas or articles that don't give immediate results aren't sought after. As Chris Honore said in his TED Talk, "Even things which are by their very nature slow, we try to speed them up too."

Learning, the pursuit of knowledge, is a slow process. It comes with trying and failing. It comes with taking the time to question things. The world, and life as well, is complex, and it takes time to think through things. Speeding it up won't work.

POP...especially for your remarks derrickkwa.

wildcat concurs! pop for the comment, too true..

another *pop* for the comment............(and a not-so-subtle reminder of cniq_cniq's request to be able to pop comments). sorry, couldn't resist!

I found through experience and advice from some spiritual writing paying attention and care to what your doing ie: meditation can make things a lot more smoother and less of a hassle