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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe live in a culture of \"no effort.\" We have so many tools at hand that we hardly do anything for ourselves anymore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before, if we wanted to get somewhere, we opened a map. Today, we follow the GPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we need to calculate, we use a calculator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we need to write a text, we ask an app or an AI for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the less we exercise our thinking, the more it atrophies. Like a muscle that isn't used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This convenience is making us dependent. What used to be a tool to make our lives easier may now be replacing our own ability to think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the greatest risks lies with the new generations. Many young people use AI to do their homework, but without yet having the criteria to judge the information they receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Writing, reasoning, making mistakes, and correcting errors are fundamental processes for learning to think. If we delegate this to a machine, students will end up knowing less, but believing they know more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That's why teaching critical thinking should be as important as teaching math or English. It's not enough to consume information: you have to know how to analyze, compare, and understand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I've read some people talking about the danger of directed thinking. A society that doesn't think for itself is a society that's easy to manipulate. People without critical thinking end up believing what they hear on social media, what influencers say, or what the media repeats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that's how some leaders, with a lot of money and power behind them, come to power without people really knowing why they vote for them. There's no conspiracy: there's a lack of thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \"sheepishness\" we hear so much about doesn't arise from ignorance, but from a lack of interest in reflecting. And if we stop thinking, others will do it for us... and almost always for their own benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps we're not becoming dumber in the classic sense, but we are becoming more distracted, more conformist, and less critical. And that, in practice, makes us more manipulable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It's not about rejecting technology, but rather using it consciously, without letting it think for us. Because thinking remains the most revolutionary act we can perform in a world that seeks to keep us distracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And you, dear reader, do you have the same feeling as me... or am I the one who thinks too much?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Views: 3 Es una pregunta provocadora, lo s\u00e9. Pero cada vez que observo lo que sucede a nuestro alrededor, me la hago con m\u00e1s frecuencia: \u00bfestamos perdiendo la capacidad de pensar por nosotros mismos? Y lo preocupante es que, tal vez, la respuesta sea s\u00ed. Vivimos rodeados de pantallas, notificaciones y est\u00edmulos constantes. Cada d\u00eda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[128,131,130,140,102,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-democracy","category-fredom","category-misinformation","category-society","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"\n