Nobody wants to argue with somebody every day, nor does anyone really want to have to over think every situation, or consider all the different outcomes taking into consideration every possible ramification. Additionally, to all that basic fundamental stuff, sometimes you are tired, sometimes you aren't motivated, or you feel weak, or your attitude isn't quite your normal self. Yet, in all of these situations, you don't have to just pack it in, and become a recluse in one form or another; you can simply ask the question, why. Why is it that certain things are the way that they are? Why is that you really need to borrow my car, or borrow money, or borrow anything of mine? Why do I go to work, or go to school, or obey the law? All these are basic questions that should be asked from time-to-time, not in every situation, and not all the time, but you will find that the more often that you do sincerely ask why, the more often you will start the process of drilling down to the real crux of the matter. It all really starts with asking of the question, why.
Human progress can be made in all sorts of manners, and in all sorts of ways, and often this begins with somebody taking the word, why, and then not stopping until they discover the fundamental answer to that question. Worthwhile things happen not so much because each day you do things better and better, although that most definitely helps, but often because people see things as they are, and wonder why they can't be better, or be changed, or be substituted or transformed with something that is even better. While habits and traditions have their place, and habits are usually very efficient in helping us to utilize our time effectively, not every habit is necessarily the correct or the best thing to actually do. That is to say just because something is always done a particular way, does not necessarily mean, that it is the best thing for you, or for the community, or the best way, so that it does behoove someone to question it, perhaps test it, or to at least re-think it.
It is well to consider that computers are geniuses at computing, processing and analyzing information. That makes computers a very important tool for mankind, but they are a tool, because a computer does not intrinsically think, they are instead, "doers". Whereas, mankind does think, perhaps not as much as we should, but we do, and that is one of fundamental attributes of humanity as opposed to a machine. Because we are thinkers, we can discover and create new things, come up with new ideas and new concepts, and often make things better. All of this really does begin with asking that question, why, having done so we often become greater detectives of human nature, or scientific research, or seeing possibilities that none have seen before.
George Bernard Shaw wrote in his play, Back to Methuselah, which was later to be paraphrased by Robert Kennedy, the following: "You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" In old days in the library, you would come across one word strategically posted along the book shelves, "Think," which is excellent advice, may I suggest that we bring that basic concept back, only this time replaced with the word, "Why?"