Going Deep(seek).

What the cognition lap pool means for our relationships.

I can’t believe we used to do that.

A sentence uttered in reflection of Progress (interpret freely).

This applies to physical labor, certainly.

This applies to mental labor.

And lately, as we rev the engine of this sentence more and more in the mental labor lane, there are going to be exhaust fumes on our ability to do emotional work, too.

Steven Shaw and Gideon Nave talk about cognitive surrender: our aptness to lean on a computational crutch, offloading our mental heavy lifting when available.

Cognitive surrender (very likely) isn’t just a slippery slope in terms of individual cognition; it retrains the mental reflexes we bring into rooms with other people.

I can’t help but wonder how this cognitive surrender and our (in)ability to think deeply and potentially listen deeply affect our connections and relationships.

If low-throttle cognition becomes our trained default, effortful cognition becomes… hard(er).

If we think differently, will we learn about one another differently?