This quote caught my eye. What do you think?

“Critical thinking, long considered an academic virtue, is now a societal necessity. In the past, it may have been seen as a metaskill for the curious or intellectually ambitious. Today, it’s essential. Or rather, if intellectuals thought of it as essential in the past, it could now make or break societal cohesion.

Critical thinking is the disciplined practice of evaluating your own reasoning. It’s not about being cynical or contrarian. It’s about being rigorous: asking better questions, testing your assumptions, and seeking good evidence before jumping to conclusions. It’s about learning to make reasonable decisions about what to believe and how to act—a definition that becomes vital when AI-generated content can mimic truth without actually embodying it.

Critical thinking is an attitude, a disposition, a metacognitive stance. It is about how we process information, not just what we know.

In the age of AI, critical thinking must become the heart of the curriculum, and the heart of all society. It’s the filter that allows us to navigate a world where information is abundant (much more than our brains can handle), but meaning is contested. And it’s not a skill we’re born with. In fact, quite the opposite, evolutionarily speaking. It must be taught, practiced, and internalized. Metacognition must be continually practiced.”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-things-brain/202506/educating-ourselves-in-the-age-of-ai