There is a common perception that people are easily led or led astray. We see plenty of reasons to believe it. The solution isn't found in our elites filtering information. That gives them too much power, and Twitter's files showed it did corrupt them. The answer is teaching everyone to think, to question, to analyze, and, most impor…
There is a common perception that people are easily led or led astray. We see plenty of reasons to believe it. The solution isn't found in our elites filtering information. That gives them too much power, and Twitter's files showed it did corrupt them. The answer is teaching everyone to think, to question, to analyze, and, most importantly, to suspend judgment until all the facts are in. Journalists, as they are our daily historians, must lead the way. They must show the reader what facts are still missing and why judgment now isn't reasonable (as it most often is not). Otherwise, they are not journalists and should be called out.
"The answer is teaching everyone to think, to question, to analyze, and, most importantly, to suspend judgment until all the facts are in."
I teach at a college in SW MO. My class is entitled, "Critical and Creative Thinking Using Information Technology" and what you wrote is exactly what I teach my students to do. It is so important in life to reserve judgment until you have all the facts.
There is a common perception that people are easily led or led astray. We see plenty of reasons to believe it. The solution isn't found in our elites filtering information. That gives them too much power, and Twitter's files showed it did corrupt them. The answer is teaching everyone to think, to question, to analyze, and, most importantly, to suspend judgment until all the facts are in. Journalists, as they are our daily historians, must lead the way. They must show the reader what facts are still missing and why judgment now isn't reasonable (as it most often is not). Otherwise, they are not journalists and should be called out.
"The answer is teaching everyone to think, to question, to analyze, and, most importantly, to suspend judgment until all the facts are in."
I teach at a college in SW MO. My class is entitled, "Critical and Creative Thinking Using Information Technology" and what you wrote is exactly what I teach my students to do. It is so important in life to reserve judgment until you have all the facts.