You can choose the lesser of two evils

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My first post: From representative democracy to representative intelligence: the improbable probabilistic impulse of critical thinking by AI

The rapid decline of the power representative democracy and the weakening of democratic governance mechanisms that we are currently witnessing are directly related to the decline of our critical faculties. The [...]

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#AI #critical_thinking

"Too often I see simplistic thinking used to accept that the results were good so what we did was wise or the results were bad so what we did was unwise. Sometimes those conclusions have merit. Sometimes they don’t. The results matter but understanding the nature of those results is important..."

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/05/30/new-lessons-on-competition-from-mother-nature/

#Management #Leadership #critical_thinking #systems_thinking

"It is important to study choices customers make and learn from them. But being deceived by what their choices mean is easier than is usually appreciated.
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It can be frustrating to be questioned about the evidence and reasoning behind the proposed actions you support. But you really should be in the habit of doing this to yourself before you make a decision..."

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/07/12/the-importance-of-critical-thinking-and-challenging-assumptions/

#Management #Leadership #critical_thinking

Genetically Modified Skeptic, "The Brutal Reality of Fighting Christian Nationalism in Texas":
https://youtu.be/-efvYe7xmjE

#critical_thinking #atheism

"To be effective you need to learn to think about not what is printed on the page but what lies behind the numbers you see. The numbers are just proxies for the real situation."

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/05/09/understanding-data/

#data #Leadership #Management #critical_thinking

...Try to fix the system and convince others to fix the system as you can. If some efforts are resisted try to adjust. Sometimes try a different strategy to get improvement. Sometimes I just drop trying to improve that particular thing. There are usually so many options for improvement it isn’t tough to find plenty of others that may be more successfully tackled...

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2010/05/04/ignoring-unpleasant-truths-is-often-encouraged/

#management #Leadership #continual_improvement #critical_thinking

The best defense against propaganda is #critical_thinking and transparency. If the population is trained and accepts being lead to conclusions with obvious propaganda it doesn't matter if you shut off one path for #propaganda others will emerge.

What you need to do is create an expectation of reasoned debate. Sadly the USA has done a very poor job of this. We have allowed politicians get away with obviously false claims...

https://curiouscatlinks.blogspot.com/2018/02/critical-thinking-is-needed-to-counter.html

...There is a difference between saying people wish to have their desires met and people act in the manner to maximize the benefits they wish to receive.

It is important to study choices customers make and learn from them. But being deceived by what their choices mean is easier than is usually appreciated...

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/07/12/the-importance-of-critical-thinking-and-challenging-assumptions/

#management #Leadership #critical_thinking