skepticism
perhaps the reason people don't think for themselves as much as they should is because they lack skepticism. we've been so successful believing everything we see on tv for so long. it's not hard to understand how we got here. where are we going? we've already launched one unjustified war. will we blindly follow our leaders into others? other nations in the past have committed unspeakable horrors. one wonders if we could be on the same path.