Critical Thinking at Sonic Speeds
How to Decide – Part III. What occupies your mind space? Does your mind space contain healthy, life promoting thoughts, or do you allow negative concepts from others to intrude? Your mind space is your own and you are responsible for what it contains. Make sure that it contains good stuff!
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How to Decide – Part II. Captain Smith has two questions for you: A) how should you decide when faced with a routine, casual activity; and B) how should you decide when confronted with a mission-critical decision? If your answer to these two questions is the same, then you need some help with “how to think”. Listen to our broadcast or podcast for the answer!
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The topic of discussion this week is “How to Decide”. Do you decide for yourself? Or do you let others decide for you?
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The Four Pillars of Civilization: 1) safety and security, 2) the economy and prosperity, 3) society and politics, 4) innovation and creativity. This week Captain Smith discusses pillar #3 – society and politics, and the first presidential debate of 2020 from the perspective of critical thinking.
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Thinking critically about the current state of national affairs is the topic of this week’s broadcast. National defense, society and politics, the economy and prosperity are all separate subjects that we need to consider one at a time, correct? Or is there a better way? Listen live or download the podcast from iTunes or Captain Smith’s website ThrottleUpRadio.com.
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How to Think – Episode VIII: Understanding Non-Linear Dynamics. The world we live in is complex: it consists of non-linear relationships between entities. Thus, to be successful we must learn and employ non-linear thinking and reasoning in ways that optimize human endeavors. Non-linear comprehension is KEY! All episodes of this series and earlier podcasts can be found on Captain Smith’s website ThrottleUpRadio.com.
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How to Think – Episode VII: With Agility and Adaptability. Are you an agile or a rigid thinker? If your thinking is rigid then you will not be able to solve complex problems. Agility in reasoning enhances your ability to find solutions for difficult problems. Episodes I – VI of this series can be found on Captain Smith’s website ThrottleUpRadio.com.
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How to Think – Episode VI: The Power of Higher-Order Reasoning. Our greatest failure is not knowing when to employ higher-order reasoning once a complex problem has been identified. This is because we have never received formal training on “how to think”. We believe random, unstructured, literal thinking is good enough. For complex problems it is not! Episodes I – V of this series can be found on Captain Smith’s website ThrottleUpRadio.com.
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How to Think – Episode V: “How to decide” is our most important cognitive skill; yet it is the most neglected. We choose to believe it is a natural activity. It is not. Episodes I – IV of this series can be found on Captain Smith’s website ThrottleUpRadio.com.
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How to Think – Episode IV: Complex problem solving is now our greatest challenge as members of a modern industrial society. Unfortunately our training in this area has been essentially non-existent. Episodes I – III of this series can be found on Captain Smith’s website ThrottleUpRadio.com.
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