"Thou Shalt Think"

I just read that tonight in an article that was quoting Ayn Rand. "Thou Shalt Think."  I like that, alot!  If there is anything I would like to see more of in this country, it would be thinking.  I imagine many people assume they are thinking everyday, but are they?  Is thinking just going about our daily life and repeating opinionated news and popular slogans?  Or, does thinking actually require thought?  Maybe a few moments alone in contemplation could lead to some personal thought.  People don't like to alone anymore.  Now with all the mass media connections, people are always connected to someone or something.  People are forever talking, talking and talking.  I am at a very busy University and there is nowhere on campus (except the testing center) that people are not connected.  All day long in every class I see students scrolling through facebook.  In the bathroom the girls are talking while on the can.  I feel embarrassed to flush while they are talking.  I heard one girl apologize to whoever was on the other end when I flushed.  Everyone is always talking but never really saying much.  You would think since I am at a major University that I would hear clever and interesting things from my fellow students.  But I never do.  Sure in class but not in the commons, not in the cafeteria, not walking around on their cells or in groups of friends.  It is all just trivia and the mundane.  Therefore, I propose that we should band the mundane dribble for some real thinking and stimulating (not sexting) conversation.  I suggest that we abide by Ayn Rand's commandment of "Thou Shalt Think" at least for a day.  It couldn't hurt.