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The magic genie has appeared to grant you your wish. What small thing do you wish for that would have the biggest positive impact on the world? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Weirdbeardgame@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

We all have thoughts in our head. They are the lenses through which we see reality.

Sometimes, we are aware of that. For example, we may realize we're being prejudiced or that we're being cranky because of our mood.

However, this uses up a lot of energy; our frontal lobe is very energy-hungry. So we spend most of the time thinking habitual thoughts and following habitual behaviors. We don't realize we're looking at reality through a lens. We assume we are simply looking at reality.

What I am wishing for is for people to constantly be aware that the way they are looking at reality depends on the lenses they have learned and habitually use.