"We’re so used to being force-fed ideas these days that we rarely, if ever, stop and think for ourselves"

http://thehumanist.org/january-february-2013/spare-a-thought-for-philosophy-an-interview-with-a-c-grayling/

Spare a Thought for Philosophy:
An Interview with A.C. Grayling

by: Will Bordell

Published in the January / February 2013 Humanist

Bertrand Russell said, ‘Most people would rather die than think; most people do,’” quips the British philosopher A.C. Grayling, leaning forward in his chair at a London café as though offering me a truffle of wisdom for my delectation. Philosophy is a rather strange business in the modern world of consumerism and commerce, I suppose. We’re so used to being force-fed ideas these days that we rarely, if ever, stop and think for ourselves. And that’s where Grayling bucks the trend.