Google Tabs and Existential Crises

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’re probably a proud owner of a high-functioning brain. You’ve likely aced a few tests, amazed people at parties with random trivia, and maybe even solved the occasional crisis with such ease and nonchalance.

But let’s be real for a second: how often has your brain also turned into an overthinking, anxiety-generating machine?

How many times have you tried to outsmart a problem so hard you created several new ones?

That’s the thinking trap. It...