Pensar está virando um privilégio

Thinking is becoming a luxury, and this is more serious than it seems. We live surrounded by rapid stimuli, social media, short videos, and an excess of superficial information. In this scenario, the ability to think deeply, sustain long reading, and reflect critically is disappearing. In this video, I discuss why thinking has become a privilege, who is being left behind, and what the cultural, political, and cognitive consequences of this process are. Based on a recent article from The New York Times, I analyze how the excessive use of smartphones, screen addiction, and the replacement of deep reading with quick content are creating a collective intellectual poverty—affecting both the poor and the rich, but impacting them unequally. I also connect this phenomenon to the concept of the mass man, developed by the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset, to explain how a society incapable of reflection becomes more manipulable, more tribal, and less committed to truth, democracy, and intellectual excellence. References: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/op... https://www.realcleareducation.com/ar... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/st... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hi dden-side-steve-jobs-bill-165424007.html https://www.npr.org/2026/02/18/nx-s1-... https://www.opensocietyfoundations.or... #philosophy #adulthood #personaldevelopment #socialnetworks #brainrot #socialmedia #booktok #books #literature #burnout #work #sociology #neuroscience #poverty #culture