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Chuck Mattern<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> </p><p>I had my doubts about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and still do about certain aspects, like the further deterioration of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> but, having been nudged into some use cases like using it to create 10-15 minute podcast style audio overviews of meeting I've become a supporter in certain uses cases. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plagiarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plagiarism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyrightInfringement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopyrightInfringement</span></a> are definitely not among them. </p><p>Know what your model was trained on!</p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🖥️ 📚 **AI Is Making Reading Books Feel Obsolete – And Students Have A Lot To Lose**</p><p>"_The evidence reveals that the more users rely on AI to perform work for them, the less they see themselves as drawing upon their own thinking capacities. A study employing EEG measurements found different brain connectivity patterns when participants enlisted AI to help them write an essay than when writing it on their own._"</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://theconversation.com/ai-is-making-reading-books-feel-obsolete-and-students-have-a-lot-to-lose-262680" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/ai-is-maki</span><span class="invisible">ng-reading-books-feel-obsolete-and-students-have-a-lot-to-lose-262680</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Cognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cognition</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦<p>"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.<br>Just get people to stop reading them."</p><p>-- Ray Bradbury</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apathy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neglect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neglect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CulturalRichness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalRichness</span></a></p>
Andreas Hütig<p>Danke an Madlen Glass und Prof. Dr. Stefan Aufenanger von der AG Medienpädagogik der JGU für das interessante Gespräch heute zu <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a>, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/ethik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethik</span></a> und <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>! Bin gespannt auf den fertigen Podcast und freue mich, in der Reihe vertreten zu sein. <a href="https://medupod.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">medupod.podbean.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/UniMainz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniMainz</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/medienpadagogik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medienpadagogik</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"Imagine if you had infinite resources to build something that might topple the established world order, and all you could come up with was… an automatic internet troll10."</p><p>Plato vs Grok - by M. F. Robbins - The Value of Nothing<br><a href="https://martinrobbins.substack.com/p/plato-vs-grok?utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">martinrobbins.substack.com/p/p</span><span class="invisible">lato-vs-grok?utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LLMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMS</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a></p>
Vincent Tijms<p>"After analyzing the 68 studies, we concluded that GenAI makes critical thinking worse by promoting automation bias, lowering metacognitive monitoring and embedding unverified mistakes into learners’ reasoning chains [...]"</p><p>The impact of generative AI on critical thinking skills: a systematic review, conceptual framework and future research directions | Information Discovery and Delivery | Emerald Publishing</p><p><a href="https://www.emerald.com/idd/article/doi/10.1108/IDD-05-2025-0125/1271372/The-impact-of-generative-AI-on-critical-thinking" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">emerald.com/idd/article/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1108/IDD-05-2025-0125/1271372/The-impact-of-generative-AI-on-critical-thinking</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a></p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p>"Whenever we make an appeal to reason in politics, the difficulty in this parable recurs. For there is an inherent difficulty about using the method of reason with an unreasoning world." -- Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion</p><p>Still as true today as it was written in 1922.</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a></p>
Philo Sophies<p>The <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/discourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discourse</span></a> of <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> - a short <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journey</span></a> through the <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p><p>Start</p><p>“1st stop - at the old <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Greeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greeks</span></a> in Athens and surroundings”, “2nd stop - at the meditating <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Descartes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Descartes</span></a> in Ulm”, “3rd stop - in Königsberg at <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Kant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kant</span></a>, who sees the light”, “4th stop - short detour to Nice to the all-negating <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Nietzsche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nietzsche</span></a>” and then finally “5th search for another <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/station" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>station</span></a>”.</p><p>If you want to continue: <a href="https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/07/29/diskurs-der-philosophie/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philosophies.de/index.php/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/29/diskurs-der-philosophie/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/HistoryOfPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/MichelFoucault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichelFoucault</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/DiscourseAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiscourseAnalysis</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/ThinkingAboutTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkingAboutTheFuture</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/SocialChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialChange</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Essay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Essay</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/ThinkingAboutChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkingAboutChange</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/AcademicThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicThinking</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Interdisciplinarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interdisciplinarity</span></a> <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/ResearchAndTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchAndTeaching</span></a></p>
Kindle Daily Deals<p>The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake "Against the frailties &amp; shortcomings of human cognition" Sale: $18 to $1.99 by Steven Novella Rating: 4.7/5 (1782 Reviews) <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Science" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Books" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23human" target="_blank">#human</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CriticalThinking" target="_blank">#CriticalThinking</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Skeptic" target="_blank">#Skeptic</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Guide" target="_blank">#Guide</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BookSky" target="_blank">#BookSky</a><br><br><a href="https://amzn.to/4mnk0tS" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Skeptics' Guide to the Uni...</a></p>
Jessie Kirk • 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇪🇺 • 🇺🇦 🇵🇸<p>Charley Cat says to check the article's source and date before you react to it.</p><p>Charley Cat says to ask for the source of someone's factual post if one is not provided.</p><p>Charley Cat makes a nightmarish sound.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a></p>
Delphi<p>More <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> is being <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lost</span></a> at every level.<br>When <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> need to be told there's <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/milk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>milk</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/butter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/discconnected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discconnected</span></a> from <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a> in a very bad way.<br>Are they really so thick it takes a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recall</span></a> from the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fda</span></a>? <br>Apparently they are. <br>I never thought that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> for yourself would be wiped out in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/generations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generations</span></a> but it seems that's the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/plan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plan</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.realsimple.com/nationwide-butter-recall-elevated-by-fda-11784310?tag=recipes&amp;hid=fcda91b5945973a723feef6a4234aaa2198dbdd0&amp;did=18877035-20250804&amp;lctg=fcda91b5945973a723feef6a4234aaa2198dbdd0&amp;lr_input=3e6b90ff8aa591aa3d2573141265892d089c5e3ff670b994190ebfa5111a1df9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">realsimple.com/nationwide-butt</span><span class="invisible">er-recall-elevated-by-fda-11784310?tag=recipes&amp;hid=fcda91b5945973a723feef6a4234aaa2198dbdd0&amp;did=18877035-20250804&amp;lctg=fcda91b5945973a723feef6a4234aaa2198dbdd0&amp;lr_input=3e6b90ff8aa591aa3d2573141265892d089c5e3ff670b994190ebfa5111a1df9</span></a></p>
Delphi<p>Are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/assignments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assignments</span></a> which used #<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/grammarly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grammarly</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> as worthy of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scores</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> which didn't have that help?<br>If both cases are treated as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/equal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equal</span></a> we are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> that there's no point in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a>. <br>It already happens including <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> level.<br>We are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/dumbing_down" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dumbing_down</span></a>. <br>What happens if the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/assistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assistance</span></a> stops?<br>Would digitally supported students be able to work things out for themselves?<br>Will the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> need to be oversimplified?<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a></p>
Stephen Elliott~Buckley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> </p><p>Yeah, 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.</p><p>This affects critical thinking, moral philosophy, and media analysis skills.</p><p>Thanks Reagan.</p><p><a href="https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-literacy-statistics" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenationalliteracyinstitute.c</span><span class="invisible">om/2024-2025-literacy-statistics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/k12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>k12</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>serfs</span></a></p>
Stephen Elliott~Buckley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> Yeah, 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.</p><p>This affects critical thinking, moral philosophy, and media analysis skills.</p><p>Thanks Reagan.</p><p><a href="https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-literacy-statistics" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenationalliteracyinstitute.c</span><span class="invisible">om/2024-2025-literacy-statistics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/k12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>k12</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neofeudalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>serfs</span></a></p>
Kalvin's Blog<p><strong>True Development: Beyond Tall Buildings and Performative Narcissism </strong></p> <p><a href="https://writefreely.kupi.my/kalvins-blog/true-development-beyond-tall-buildings-and-performative-narcissism" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writefreely.kupi.my/kalvins-bl</span><span class="invisible">og/true-development-beyond-tall-buildings-and-performative-narcissism</span></a></p>
DisruptionNetworkLab<p>The White West: Fascism, Unreason, and the Paradox of Modernity<br>Edited by Kader Attia, Anselm Franke &amp; Ana Teixeira Pinto, this powerful volume investigates how modernity is entangled with colonial violence, racism, and authoritarianism.<br>Because understanding the systems we live in is the first step toward dismantling them.<br>Knowledge is resistance. The more you know, the stronger we become.<br><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/TheWhiteWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheWhiteWest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/KnowledgeIsPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeIsPower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/AntiFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/DisruptionNetworkLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisruptionNetworkLab</span></a></p>
Kalvin<p>Yeah, critically thinking, the Malays aren't the only "The People of Malaysia's Land (Bumiputera)." Bumiputera also includes me, Sabah and Sarawak indigenous ethnicities, and Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia. That's why I don't support Ketuanan Melayu. We need to bring justice to the indigenous peoples beyond Ketuanan Melayu propaganda. </p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BumiputeraJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BumiputeraJustice</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/KetuananMelayu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KetuananMelayu</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SabahSarawak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SabahSarawak</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OrangAsli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrangAsli</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MalaysiaUnity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MalaysiaUnity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrueEquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrueEquality</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/IndigenousPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPride</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JusticeForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForAll</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MalaysianDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MalaysianDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/EndPropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndPropaganda</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CulturalEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalEquity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NativeVoices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeVoices</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MalaysiaTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MalaysiaTogether</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FairRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/IndigenousPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPower</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UnityInDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnityInDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/StandTogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandTogether</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Loki the Cat<p>Plot twist: asking "Is ChatGPT Making You Stupid?" while potentially using AI to think about it 🤔</p><p>The real insight? AI should be "the beginning of thought, not the end." It's not about avoiding AI, but using it to enhance rather than replace our thinking.</p><p>Are you treating AI as a crutch or a catalyst?</p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/27/1818251/is-chatgpt-making-you-stupid" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slashdot.org/story/25/07/27/18</span><span class="invisible">18251/is-chatgpt-making-you-stupid</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a></p>
prau<p>Is it possible to think critically about how society functions without having the necessary knowledge about how society functions, especially the economy? </p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/statism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a></p>
Becca<p>Most of the time, it seems to occur when I make an argument that requires more than 1 step of logic between the original post's proposition and the conclusion it can be carried to, even if I include every step.</p><p>That tells me our educational system isn't working.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CriticalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalThinking</span></a></p>