If we were to fundamentally distinguish our life and daily existence, we would simply divide it into two parts: the physical body and the cognitive or mental body. From our earliest history to today, significant transformations have occurred, particularly in our relationship with nutrition and information—transformations that have created profound imbalances in both spheres.

Historically, humans transitioned from struggling to find enough food for survival to now facing the challenge of overconsumption and excess calories. This shift reveals fascinating evolutionary adaptations and misalignments. From an evolutionary perspective, our craving for carbohydrates and sugar made sense during hunting-gathering times when such resources were rare. Our bodies were constantly in motion, searching for food and energy, with physical mobility being a natural, necessary daily activity. Today, we have unrestricted access to carbs and sugar, but without the corresponding physical effort required to obtain them.

To compensate for this imbalance, we've created artificial environments like gyms to simulate the physical exertion our ancestors experienced naturally. We've shifted from being energy-conservative to energy-extensive, from preserving calories to intentionally burning them. This conscious adaptation demonstrates our ability to recognize and address physical imbalances when they become apparent.

Interestingly, a similar transformation has occurred in our cognitive landscape, but with a crucial difference. While we've developed structured solutions for physical fitness, our approach to information consumption remains largely unstructured.

We're inundated with information—much of which triggers our primitive instincts like sex and violence—that once served crucial survival functions but now exists in overwhelming abundance without context. Just as we overeat without physical exertion, we overconsume information without mental processing.

Unlike physical health, where we've created gyms and fitness programs, we haven't developed equivalent systems for cognitive fitness—no "mental gym" to help us process, filter, and truly understand information. This gap has led to significant information asymmetry in society, where access to quality information and the ability to process it meaningfully aren't equally distributed. We've become mental consumers rather than knowledge processors.

As our world grows increasingly complex, many remain trapped in simplified narratives. While some segments of society develop advanced technologies like AI, others lack the foundational knowledge to question basic assumptions. This growing divide isn't just about access to information—it's about the ability to understand and utilize it effectively. Like physical malnourishment in a world of food abundance, we face cognitive malnourishment in a world of information abundance.

The stories we consume and the content we engage with shape both individual understanding and collective societal thinking. Just as we've become conscious of our physical diet, we need to be mindful of our information diet. In a world where information flows endlessly, the quality of what we consume matters more than ever. Yet, unlike calories, we haven't learned to measure, balance, or optimize our information intake.

The path forward lies in recognizing that information, like nutrition, requires both quantity and quality. Through collective curiosity and shared learning, we can begin to understand the basic mechanisms of how our world works. Small communities of curious minds, sharing insights and fostering meaningful discussions, might be the first step toward developing better ways to process and understand the world around us. Just as we learned to balance our physical consumption, we must now learn to balance our mental consumption—creating not just informed individuals, but wisely informed societies.

Let's bridge the gap together.