Human society is dizzier and more accelerated than ever before; it seems harmful for humans and also for the whole planet and the natural reaction is trying to change
The relationship between Ms Thatcher and Mr Reagan laid the foundations of current society: by deregulating markets, Capitalism deforms to reach inhuman limits
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To change society is necessary to modify human behavior, and for this it is necessary to change human ideas, which are always built by knowledge and critical thinking
Trump means the opposite to a decent human behavior: racist, classist and misogynist, his presidency of the most powerful country in the world is a very clear symptom of necessary changes
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Knowledge is actually a combination of experience and reflection, and critical thinking is the process of questioning beliefs, even the most sacred ones
In a time when everyone took for granted that the Sun revolved around a static Earth, Galileo insisted that our planet moved, and yet it moved
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Promoting knowledge and critical thinking is a tool to inspire voluntary and free actions and it must avoid magical recipes or absolute solutions
Socrates condensed his wise, humble attitude in the famous phrase ‘I know that I know nothing’, indeed he put it into practice in his daily life by always preferring arguing to publishing
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Knowledge and critical thinking can help humans to improve their relationships with themselves, with the others and with their environment
The existence of Buddha was so harmonious and balanced that he is often seen as a god, but the fact is that he was born with the name of Siddhartha and he was a human, just like us
