Smart people makes sense. Followers and believers don’t.

If you remember, a particularly interesting person said a while ago that religion is like pot. Now someone with the same political views says it is video games, the new religion masses believe is the new pot.

He also says video games promote the need for cigarettes, alcohol and drug, which is capitalism, the road to hell. OK, capitalism is all about smoking pot and getting drunk. There is also hell?

Here is the article.

PS: I don’t play games with gang or drug related story as its main theme.

I think I have a slightly different take on why there is more negative thinking than there is positive thinking. Seth’s question is why smart people engage in negative thinking?

I think most of the positive thinking and actions automatic and we do not pay attention to it. Things we are comfortable with, we tend to forget easily. What take notice of what hurts us and  remember for a long time. That is the reason we think there is more negative thinking in the world than there is positive thinking.

Think about your typical work day. We commute to work, do our job and so on. What if we thought we were not good in driving, completing assignment or raising our kids? Most of us don’t. We depend on the positive thinking of others to lead our comfortable lives. Most positive thoughts are almost hidden from our perception.

I think the difference is where we are challenged beyond our comfort zone. At that point true leaders show higher levels of optimism, most others look for leadership and a few exhibit negativism. It is not all black and white though. People who show optimism at one problem may fail in another.

Whatever your views are, making an effort to notice your own positive thinking will help improve your own positive thinking.