Freethought is the idea and practice of forming one's opinions independent of tradition, authority and established belief. Freethinkers strive to form their own opinions based on sound logic and rational judgement. My blog is, but an effort towards thinking and expressing freely. Thought not shadowed by prejudices and biases, not veiled by dogma and not morphed by years of education.
Society, today, is constantly telling us how to think. Educators are telling us what is right, the media is telling us what happened and how, the politicians are telling us who the enemy is, our peers are amplifying and confounding their own biases and we end up looking at the world through a thick veil of preconceived notions and foregone conclusions.
Every once in a while a brave soul dares to break out of this matrix and proceeds to leave a mark in history. I call such souls histocrats, people burdened with creating history of their times. These are mere mortals, like you and I, who unshackled their minds and thereby became immortal.
This blog is dedicated to them. And to the histocrats of our times.
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