Introduction to Thought Academy
Hello and welcome to Thought Academy! I want to use this opportunity to introduce myself and briefly discuss Thought Academy’s mission. I hope this will resonate with you and you will want to watch us on YouTube and read us regularly here so we can grow together.
My name is Gabriel Wilensky and I am the founder and President of Thought Academy, a website dedicated to teaching people how to think critically and rationally. I have many years of experience helping people become better critical thinkers through coaching, critical thinking articles, and the development of tests to measure various thinking skills.
Becoming a better thinker is one of the key subjects of my book Fuel for Thought. Raising a child who can do the same is the subject of Primordial Soup for the Mind, which is free to read here. The premise is simple: a child learns how to think from the habits of the house, not from a lecture. Questions at the table, asking where a claim came from, and learning to disagree without folding are the practice.
I am also the author of Six Million Crucifixions and Two Dozen Thoughts.
You might already be a user of one of my apps!
At Thought Academy we want to make the world a better place. Our mission is to help you become a better critical thinker.
Let me ask you,
- Do you want to be in control of your life?
- Do you want to know what goals are worth pursuing and which ones are not?
- Do you want to recognize when someone is manipulating or misleading you?
- Do you want to know how to better argue your points, or recognize fallacious thinking?
- Do you want to know how to think critically?
We are here to help you achieve all this by providing you with the tools and guidance you need. Our goal is to provide you with what you need to choose, adopt and live by the tenets of a philosophy of life, as well as give you the tools to improve your critical thinking and reasoning skills.
But we will also discuss other topics that will be interesting and important to freethinkers.
We believe that a world in which we apply reason and careful thought to everything we do, will be a better world.
As a result of learning and adopting a philosophy of life, you’ll be able to live a happier life full of meaning and purpose.
But equally as importantly, you’ll also avoid the very high risk of misliving your life. What this means is spending your life chasing goals that aren’t worthwhile or, conversely, of pursuing worthwhile ones, but in an ineffective manner, and thus, failing to achieve them.
By becoming a better thinker you will be able to make better decisions, You will have a better understanding of the world we live in, and you will achieve better results in life, enhance your relationships with people, and improve your job performance.
As a result of learning and adopting a philosophy of life, you’ll be able to live a happier life full of meaning and purpose.
In the end, you’ll become a better thinker, live more authentically and make decisions that align with your deepest values, and in the process, you will improve the world.
Thank you for being a part of Thought Academy! We hope you’ll join us on the journey to make the world a better place. Remember, stay curious, stay skeptical, and keep on thinking critically. The future of the world depends on it.
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I think it’s a worthy goal to create a better world by helping people to think critically. Most people usually don’t realize their ways of thinking is impacting their lives in ways they might not really care for. Usually, it is not until something really painful happens that we awaken to the need to change the way we do things. I think you the questions you’re asking about the results people get from the decisions they make would wake them up to this need. Maybe we should make bumper stickers of these questions to wake us 🆙😁
Thank you, Dzifa. I am glad you find the goal worth pursuing. In fact, I fail to see how someone may object. After all, the world is full of haphazard thinking, or worse, not thinking at all. And thus, look at the results: chaos, arbitrariness, random behavior, biases, tribalism, misunderstandings, war, persecution, and much more. All of it in great part attributable to lack of good thinking.
Incidentally, I just released a book-length treatment of this and other subjects you may find interesting: https://fuelforthought.org. I hope you read it and share your thoughts with the community afterwards!