> This cognitive capacity is critical for helping us learn, reason, and develop creative ideas. I agree. I'd like to make a related claim: We spend little time

> This cognitive capacity is critical for helping us learn, reason, and develop creative ideas. I agree. I'd like to make a related claim: We spend little time on deep moral critical thinking. Herd thinking and going with the flow is so much easier and so much sweeter. The latter is sweeter because of the positive social feedback loop -- you're far more popular. Whereas independent critical thought often goes against the grain and threatens the comfort of your herd. For example, while I support many of the "cancellations" that are happening, too many of both proponents and opponents don't dare say anything not in line with their chosen herd. There is no possibility of nuanced thought, or that it's not black and white. Too many of us forget that the mainstream morality of every era is the moral backward of the next. We wrote "All men are created equal" 245 years ago, and we're 155 years post Civil War, yet race, gender and birth class still dominate an individuals place and outcome. Going with the flow (and knee-jerk attack any counter flows) is nothing less than contributing to this societal inertia.