Your Therapist Needs Therapy 136 - Why Are We All So Dumb?

About this episode

Jeremy discusses the impact of anti-intellectualism and the role of expertise in the context of AI and the Internet.

This week Jeremy tackles the rising tide of anti-intellectualism, and tries to bring some nuance to the conversation of “expertise.” Is the Internet making us dumber? Not really. Is AI making us dumber? For sure! But the reality of tools is they often reflect the user, and we are left with the fact that the human brain is prone to erroneous shortcuts, and critical thinking is a skill that requires regular practice. As always, Jeremy has all his practice info at Wellness with Jer, and you can ...

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Schumacher

Topics covered

• anti-intellectualism
• expertise
• critical thinking
• AI
• Internet

Keywords

• anti-intellectualism
• expertise
• AI
• critical thinking
• Internet

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Organizations: Wellness with Jer

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