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David Rieff Thinks Critically About the Internet New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink/youtube Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The author says money not technology has weakened our ability to think critically. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Rieff: David Rieff (born 1952, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American nonfiction writer and policy analyst. His books have focused on issues of immigration, international conflict, and humanitarianism. He has published numerous articles in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, El Pais, The New Republic, World Affairs, Harper's, The Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Affairs, The Nation, and other publications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPT: Question: Is technology killing critical thinking skills? Rieff: To me, it’s less about technology than about money. I think that people fell in-love with money about 30 years ago. And there was a lot more money… I mean, that’s what everyone forgets. They didn’t just fall in-love with it because they were weak or wicked or… Indeed, they didn’t fall in-love with a period because they were weak or wicked. Indeed, I don’t think people are… Just as I don’t think people are any smarter today than they were 200

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