A lack of critical thinking is hurting all of us.

One of the things that things that are sourly lacking in society, is how to critically think and how to process new information.

Sadly, it seems that many of the educational systems in place in many countries aren't focused in helping people to think critically in an independent way. Why information needs to be memorized, focusing in doing only that is not really helpful in the long run if people can take that information to brake it down to the base data to make new information when circumstances require it.

Pure memorization is only useful for particular circumstances, or take standardized tests that measure just that. But going on in life, it requires to be able to take that information to compare it to new one we receive in daily basis, and adapt both our beliefs and actions according to our new surroundings. Not being able to do so put not only those individuals at a disadvantage, but the whole society since we need all to be able to be capable to independently do so.

We need education systems that give students the knowledge they need, the ability to keep acquiring it, and to think critically by themselves. As we move forward as a society, there is a bigger need not only memorizing facts, but the ability to get to them by ourselves. If not, people won't be able to correctly react to new situations, or be able to understand why they are asked to act a certain way.

In the long run, we all will win by teaching most people to think critically.