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Deep Dives

Critical Thinking

Learning how to think through ideas and concepts critically, without automatically accepting or rejecting them, may be one of the most important skills we can develop. It may also be the most difficult. Our brains fight us, trying to conserve time and energy by filtering out information that doesn’t correspond to what we already think, making us believe that we couldn’t
possibly fall victim to the biases we see in others, or giving us a quick answer to a question that is much easier than the one we’ve asked.


Here is our list of recommended resources if you want to expand your critical thinking abilities and maximize your decisions.​

Books

  • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

  • Quit : the Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke

  • Work the Problem : How Experts Tackle Workplace Challenges by Kathryn Stafford

  • Farsighted : How We Make the Decisions that Matter the Most by Steven Johnson

  • Mind Over Mind : | the Surprising Power of Expectations by Chris Berdik

  • Decisive : | How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath

  • A Field Guide to Lies : Critical Thinking in the Information Age by Daniel J. Levitin

  • Nonsense : | the Power of Not Knowing by Jamie Holmes

  • Predictably Irrational : | the Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

Film

  • The Great Courses: Human Decision-Making

  • The Great Courses: Outsmart Yourself

Articles

  • Critical Thinking Is About Asking Better Questions. By: John Coleman Published in Harvard Business     Review, Spring2023 Special issue, Business Source Premier             https://research.ebsco.com/c/qlkki5/viewer/html/52cqsoux7z

  • Getting Students Comfortable with Critical Thinking: Three strategies for weaving critical
    thinking into everyday learning. By: Bryan Goodwin
    Published in: Educational Leadership, Apr2023, Database: Academic Search
    Premier https://research.ebsco.com/c/qlkki5/viewer/pdf/tjruwb3v2j

  • The stupidity trap. By: David Robson
    Published in: New Scientist,2/23/2019, Database: MAS Ultra - School Edition
    https://research.ebsco.com/c/qlkki5/viewer/html/524ol7onhj

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