Critical Thinking Beats Panic Every Time

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of critical thinking in navigating information during crises like the COVID pandemic.

Send us Fan Mail Trust is a survival skill, and it is getting harder to practice. After years of changing COVID guidance and nonstop breaking news, a lot of us are stuck in a dangerous place: we either believe everything we hear or we reject it all on instinct. I talk through a more useful option for preppers and regular people alike, one built on critical thinking, multiple sources, and a few simple questions that cut through fear fast. We dig into the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Repub...

People in this episode

Host: Keith Vincent

Topics covered

• critical thinking
• survival skills
• COVID guidance
• information trust
• fear management

Keywords

• critical thinking
• survival skills
• COVID
• Ebola
• information trust
• panic management

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Democratic Republic

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