Using Critical Thinking in a World of Accelerating Change and Intensifying Danger
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- The Nature of the Post-Industrial World Order
- A Complex World of Accelerating Change
- A Threatening World
- Change, Danger, and Complexity: Interwoven
- The Challenge of Becoming Critical Thinkers
- Chapter 1 Summary
- Recommended Reading
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The most fundamental concept of critical thinking is simple and intuitive: All humans think. It is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, or down-right prejudiced. Critical thinking begins, then, when we start thinking about our thinking with a view toward improving it.
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The Nature of the Post-Industrial World Order
The world is swiftly changing. With each passing day, the pace of life and change quickens. The pressure to respond intensifies. New global realities are rapidly working their way into the deepest structures of our lives: economic, social, cultural, political, and environmental realities—realities with profound implications for thinking and learning, business and politics, human rights, and human conflicts. These realities are becoming increasingly complex; many represent significant dangers and threats. And they all turn on the powerful dynamic of accelerating change.
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