Is Critical Thinking at Risk of Extinction?

Issue 191, December 19, 2024

We are tackling a topic that is a recurring theme in everything we write, including our book, The Truth About Transformation. Critical thinking is becoming an endangered skill along with practical know-how, common sense problem-solving and basic thinking skills. These tools are more important than ever for all of us caught in the crossfire of global geopolitical, geo-economic and cultural asynchronies.

We have largely defaulted to thinking on the surface distracted by social media noise, news clutter and barraged by information most of us have not been educated nor trained to understand. The disappearance of critical thinking is surely connected our surface immersion. Just review last week’s issue on Brain Rot for more confirmation. If our attention spans are now so very limited, how do we take the time we need to critically think and assess?

What Is Critical Thinking?

It’s important not to misunderstand critical thinking as being skeptical or negative. Critic…