<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Critical thinking."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Critical thinking."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/sppl/rss/search?query=%22Critical%20thinking.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:13:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking in Systems]]></title><description><![CDATA["Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life."--Jacket.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2941414</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2941414</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Meadows, Donella H.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2941414138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Primer</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781603580557/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=225871309</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Lies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization; they corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. The future stewards of our world require a how-to manual for seeing through big lies and thinking critically, because big lies require believers, and democracy depends on independent thought.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2683049</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2683049</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurlansky, Mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2683049138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>From Socrates to Social Media</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780884489122/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1305911596</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take It Apart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children demonstrate the benefits of taking things apart as a means of learning and problem solving.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2962846</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2962846</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Howes, Katey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2962846138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798765648568/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1563978073</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching to Transgress]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this book, the author shares her philosophy of the classroom, offering ideas about teaching that fundamentally rethink democratic participation. She writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. She advocates the process of teaching students to think critically and raises many concerns central to the field of critical pedagogy, linking them to feminist thought. In the process, these essays face squarely the problems of teachers who do not want to teach, of students who do not want to learn, of racism and sexism in the classroom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for the author, the teacher's most important goal. -- From back cover.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2649304</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2649304</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hooks, bell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2649304138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Education as the Practice of Freedom</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780415908078/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=30668295</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q]]></title><description><![CDATA[We live in a world that wants answers. Answers provide solutions to our problems, teach us about the world, and help us navigate our lives. But we rush toward answers forgetting, that it is questions that set the course. Questions are a form of power, as well as a vital, everyday tool. After all, if you don't ask the right questions, you won't get the right answers. In Q, philosopher Lani Watson examines the history of question-asking, analyzes our answer-oriented present, and offers a path forward toward a question-oriented future. Along the way, she asks us to consider what a question is, why we ask the questions we do, when we first start asking questions, and where we want our questions to take us. The shift from prioritizing answers to focusing on questions is not easy, and it requires careful attention and practice. Q also includes practical tips called Q Tools, inspired by the historical, philosophical, and cultural material of each chapter that offer readers exercises and advice for becoming better question-askers. There are real-world benefits to creating a question-oriented future, and it will require a personal, social, political, philosophical and technological transition. In Q, Lani Watson provides us with the knowledge and tools that we need to implement this change in our own lives and communities.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2959830</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2959830</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Watson, Lani]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2959830138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Hidden Power of Questions in A World That Wants Answers</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593830987/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1586322682</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pandemic of Lunacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this work of social and moral commentary, philosopher J. Budziszewski examines contemporary debates about ethics, culture, and public life. The author discusses topics such as morality, politics, family life, religion, and social values, and considers how individuals can evaluate ideas and arguments in periods of cultural disagreement and rapid social change. Drawing on philosophical traditions and examples from modern society, the book presents reflections on reasoning, moral judgment, and the role of common sense in public discourse. It aims to provide readers with a framework for thinking critically about contemporary cultural and ethical questions.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2967580</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2967580</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Budziszewski, J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2967580138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How to Think Clearly When Everyone Around You Seems Crazy</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781967613014/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1567026866</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AI Con]]></title><description><![CDATA["Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to put authors, artists, and others out of business? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything? The answer to these questions, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna make clear, is "no," "they wish," "LOL," and "definitely not." This kind of thinking is a symptom of a phenomenon known as "AI hype." Hype looks and smells fishy: It twists words and helps the rich get richer by justifying data theft, motivating surveillance capitalism, and devaluing human creativity in order to replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines. In The AI Con, Bender and Hanna offer a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging take-down of AI hype across its many forms. Bender and Hanna show you how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide. Armed with these tools, you will be prepared to push back against AI hype at work, as a consumer in the marketplace, as a skeptical newsreader, and as a citizen holding policymakers to account. Together, Bender and Hanna expose AI hype for what it is: a mask for Big Tech's drive for profit, with little concern for who it affects." -- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2917190</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2917190</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bender, Emily M.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2917190138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How to Fight Big Tech&apos;s Hype and Create the Future We Want</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063418561/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1517506274</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Age of Magical Overthinking]]></title><description><![CDATA["Magical thinking" can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven. In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the "Halo effect" cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger than life celebrities, to how the "Sunk Cost Fallacy" can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we've realized they're not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell's prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2886543</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2886543</guid><category><![CDATA[BOOK_CD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Montell, Amanda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2886543138</comments><format>BOOK_CD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781797175584/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1425910002</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rationality]]></title><description><![CDATA["Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it explain why there seems to be so much irrationality in the world, including, let's be honest, in each of us? These are the goals of Steven Pinker's follow-up to Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates's "new favorite book of all time"). Humans today are often portrayed as cavemen out of time, poised to react to a lion in the grass with a suite of biases, blind spots, fallacies, and illusions. But this, Pinker a cognitive scientist and rational optimist argues, cannot be the whole picture. Hunter-gatherers--our ancestors and contemporaries--are not nervous rabbits but cerebral problem-solvers. A list of the ways in which we are stupid cannot explain how we're so smart: how we discovered the laws of nature, transformed the planet, and lengthened and enriched our lives. Indeed, if humans were fundamentally irrational, how did they discover the benchmarks for rationality against which humans fall short? The topic could not be more timely. In the 21st century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding--and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that sequenced the genome and detected the Big Bang produce so much fake news, quack cures, conspiracy theories, and "post-truth" rhetoric? A big part of Rationality is to explain these tools--to inspire an intuitive understanding of the benchmarks of rationality, so you can understand the basics of logic, critical thinking, probability, correlation and causation, the optimal ways to adjust our beliefs and commit to decisions with uncertain evidence, and the yardsticks for making rational choices alone and with others. Rationality matters. As the world reels from foolish choices made in the past and dreads a future that may be shaped by senseless choices in the present, rationality may be the most important asset that citizens and influencers command. Steven Pinker, the great defender of human progress, having documented how the world is not falling apart, now shows how we can enhance rationality in our lives and in the public sphere. Rationality is the perfect toolkit to seize our own fates"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2630489</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2630489</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Pinker, Steven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2630489138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525561996/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1237806678</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we're bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves: can we really know that? And how do they know that? In this eye-opening, accessible guide filled with fascinating examples and practical takeaways, acclaimed neuroscientist Daniel Levitin shows us how learning to understand statistics will enable you to make better, smarter judgements on the world around you.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2562836</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2562836</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Levitin, Daniel J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2562836138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of A Complex World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780241974872/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1026404359</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Critical Thinking]]></title><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C1868965</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C1868965</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hooks, bell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1868965138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Practical Wisdom</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780415968201/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=149307225</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Than Words]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the age of artificial intelligence, drafting an essay is as simple as typing a prompt and pressing enter. What does this mean for the art of writing? According to longtime writing teacher John Warner: not very much. More Than Words argues that generative AI programs like ChatGPT not only can kill the student essay but should, since these assignments don't challenge students to do the real work of writing. To Warner, writing is thinking-discovering your ideas while trying to capture them on a page-and feeling-grappling with what it fundamentally means to be human. The fact that we ask students to complete so many assignments that a machine could do is a sign that something has gone very wrong with writing instruction. More Than Words calls for us to use AI as an opportunity to reckon with how we work with words-and how all of us should rethink our relationship with writing"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2913065</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2913065</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Warner, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2913065138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781541605503/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1437986820</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspended by No String]]></title><description><![CDATA[Suspended by No String is a collection of essays, personal narrative, and poetical reflections for readers of all spiritual stripes--those who are devout, those who aren't sure what to believe, and those who may not be religious in a traditional sense but who nevertheless want to build a relationship with a force infinitely beyond themselves. - Amazon]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2897102</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2897102</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Himmelman, Peter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2897102138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Songwriter&apos;s Reflections on Faith, Aliveness, and Wonder</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798888454831/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1458469272</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity and your Brain]]></title><description><![CDATA["Creativity is a skill, one which all of us can cultivate. This course takes you on a deep dive into the human creative brain, where you'll learn about the synchronized brain activity that underlies creative thinking; key stages in the creative process; how to stimulate creative insight, imagination, and the flow state; the process of mastering a skill, the steps of design thinking, the rules of improvisation; and much more."-- Publisher's website.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2692802</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2692802</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2692802138</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781644653470/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1348186661&amp;upc=9781644653470</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Problem With Problems]]></title><description><![CDATA["Have you ever met a Problem? They come in all shapes and sizes, and can pop up at the most inconvenient times. But you should know some things about them that will help you make them disappear!"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2629476</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2629476</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rooney, Rachel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2629476138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593173176/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1152975357</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explores the complexity of truth and the ways that people take advantage of this complexity to use and abuse neutral truths to suit their own agendas in politics, business, the media, and everyday life.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2402729</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2402729</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[MacDonald, Hector]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2402729138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316510820/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hater]]></title><description><![CDATA["A manifesto for everyone tired of pretending to like things--really, really bad things. Hater begins from a simple premise: that it's good to hate things. Not people or groups or benign belief systems, but things. More to the point, it's good to hate the things everyone seems to like. Scan the click-baiting headlines of your favourite news or pop-culture website and you're likely to find that just about everything--from a premium cable adaptation of a novel to Will Ferrell singing a Whitney Houston song at a college commencement ceremony--is, supposedly, "what we need right now." We are the victims of an unbridled, unearned optimism. And our world demands pessimism. We need to curb our collective enthusiasm. It's vital to be contrarian--now, as they say, more than ever. Because ours is an age of calcified consensus. Criticism has been supplanted by aggregation, be it in the form of Rotten Tomatoes or the cumulative Metacritic score--metrics that make even the thumbs up/thumbs down schema of Siskel and Ebert seem highly sophisticated. Consensus is the inertia that keeps our culture snowballing. And Semley hates that. In this scathing and funny rebuke of the status quo, journalist and pop-culture expert John Semley provides a rallying cry for a generation struggling to agree on what stuff is actually any good. Looking for and identifying nonsense isn't just a useful exercise for society, it's also a lot of fun. But Hater doesn't just skewer terrible TV shows and hit songs--at its core it shows us how to meaningfully talk about and engage with culture, and the world. Ultimately, Hater is what we actually need right now."-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2437380</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2437380</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Semley, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2437380138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>On the Virtues of Utter Disagreeability</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780735236165/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1021095097</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Factfulness]]></title><description><![CDATA[When asked simple questions about global trends -- what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school -- we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. Professor and TED presenter Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective, from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem is that we don't know what we don't know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn't mean there aren't real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2400602</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2400602</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosling, Hans]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2400602138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Ten Reasons We&apos;re Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250107817/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think Before You Like]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social media has pitfalls: misinformation, pseudoscience, fraud, and irrational beliefs, presented in an attractive, easy-to-share form. It reinforces your biases by tracking your preferences: it sends only filtered newsfeeds, so that you rarely see anything that might challenge your set notions. Harrison demonstrates how critical thinking can enhance the benefits of social media, while giving readers the skills to guard against its dangers. He also suggests ways to protect yourself against privacy invasion, trolls, and the confusion over fake news versus credible journalism.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2383621</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2383621</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harrison, Guy P.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2383621138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Social Media&apos;s Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate your Newsfeed</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781633883512/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything All at Once]]></title><description><![CDATA["Everyone has an inner nerd just waiting to be awakened by the right passion. In Everything All at Once, Bill Nye will help you find yours. With his call to arms, he wants you to examine every detail of the most difficult problems that look unsolvable--that is, until you find the solution. Bill shows you how to develop critical thinking skills and create change, using his "everything all at once" approach that leaves no stone unturned"--www.amazon.com]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2339719</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2339719</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nye, Bill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2339719138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How to Unleash your Inner Nerd, Tap Into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781635652154/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=960237907</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professor Stephen Hawking challenges a selection of volunteers to think like the greatest geniuses in history and solve some of humanity's most enduring questions. Professor Stephen Hawking reveals our true potential in a radical new science show which challenges a selection of volunteers and the viewer to think like the greatest geniuses of the past and answer some of humanity's toughest and most enduring questions.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2284546</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2284546</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2284546138</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781627897037/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1048060607&amp;upc=841887028400</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Field Guide to Lies]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process, especially in election season.  It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies.  Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports revealing the ways lying weasels can use them.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2295078</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2295078</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Levitin, Daniel J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2295078138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Critical Thinking in the Information Age</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780525955221/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=934676963</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Improve your Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA["In How to Improve Your Mind, renowned psychologist James R. Flynn presents 20 key concepts to aid critical thinking and empower individuals to critically analyze what they read, hear, and see in our information society Presents 20 key concepts, or keys, to aid critical thinking Authored by one of the world's most eminent psychologists - and founder of the Flynn Effect Looks at topics such as Race and IQ, "good" science and the current world economic crisis Written in a clear and lucid style, illustrated with many examples "-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2106737</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2106737</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flynn, James R.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2106737138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Twenty Keys to Unlock the Modern World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781119944768/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=778417653</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Deceptive Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[What should you think? Who should you believe? Could you be deceiving yourself? These are questions that all critical thinkers of any age must constantly ask themselves. There is no more important skill in today's world than being able to think about, understand, and act on information in a way that is both effective and responsible. Critical thinking transforms you from a passive member of society into an active participant in the ideas and issues of the day. It empowers one to better understand nearly every single aspect of everyday life, from health and nutrition to science and technology to philosophical and spiritual belief systems. Our brains, according to Dr. Novella, are our greatest strength as critical thinkers. But they can also be the source of many weaknesses and impairments in critical thought. Your Deceptive Mind, takes a closer look at the neuroscientific details of critical thinking and how the (often unfamiliar) ways in which our brains are hardwired can distract and prevent us from getting to the truth of a particular matter.]]></description><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2512649</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2512649</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2512649138</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle>A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781598038279/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=1313531608&amp;upc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Decision Book]]></title><link>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2012911</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S138C2012911</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Krogerus, Mikael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2012911138</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393079616/MC.GIF&amp;client=sntpapl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=738350045</image_url></item></channel></rss>