| The problem is not overthinking but losing contact with reality. Not thinking too much, but thinking too much on the wrong things that are not important. You focus your time, money and effort on the wrong things. Those are not the important things because you lack knowledge about reality, about the system as a whole. But humans solved that problem long time ago. It is called "authority". If Michael Phelps tells me I am swimming wrong and wants to give me advice I listen. Idem If John Carmark tells me how to program. The problem is that humans could be tricked: Michael Phelps could use his authority in swimming to sell microprocesors. Noam Chomsky could use his authority in languages to sell you totalitarian political regimes that have failed over and over again. Also the fact that someone knows something very well does not mean that he will tell you. People can deceive you because they profit from that. Most con mans are experts on what they do. They know very well the Truth. An intellectual can sell you a bad political regime because he personally expects to profit from that. A youtuber can sell you a product because she is an affiliate and earns a commission. If you know how to compensate the biases, you can get very far reading the right books, and listening to the right people. |