Dependency on outsider perspective.

 People ask others about the meanings of philosophical texts they cannot comprehend. And by doing so, they "learn" what these texts mean from someone else. From the view of others. Because modernity, in its quest for speed, convenience, and external validation, has produced individuals who seek answers like consumers shop for goods. Their minds see philosophy as a source of close-ended answers rather than vast and subjective questions. For not only do they fail to grasp that philosophy does not necessarily have to "mean" anything—they also do not even know how to think for themselves.