Eupraxsophy

It is remarkable how most people, myself included, seem so quick to assume the worst in others. It’s as if we can’t help it. I’ve read that much of this tendency is innate: our minds were evolved to judge things as quickly as possible, because our survival depended on it. We didn’t have the luxury of investigating things or holding nuanced position out in the wild. But now, this mechanism misfires, and we judge people so readily even when there’s little need to. Granted, to some extent, it remains necessary and unavoidable. But we should do our best to avoid being influenced by first impressions. After all, we all hate it when it happens to us.