{"ops":[{"insert":"In our ongoing podcast series, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Critical Thinking: Going Deeper"},{"insert":", Dr. Gerald Nosich and I are exploring some of the many layers and complexities in the foundations of critical thinking. In one of our latest podcasts, we discuss how egocentric and sociocentric thinking act as ongoing barriers to the human ability to employ intellectual standards as we reason through problems and issues in our lives (this applies to us all). I encourage you to view this podcast, which should help you explore how your own self-centered and group-centered tendencies may be keeping you from achieving your goals and your potential.\n \nAccess the podcast here:\nhttps://community.criticalthinking.org/watchEmbeddedVideo.php?id=311\n \nYou can view the entire ongoing podcast series in our AV Library\nhere: https://community.criticalthinking.org/videoSeries.php?id=29 \n \nFor more on the barriers to critical thinking – egocentric and sociocentric thinking, see excerpts from:\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"The Thinker’s Guide to the Human Mind"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#0563c1","link":"https://community.criticalthinking.org/viewDocument.php?doc=../content/library_for_everyone/47/HumanMindCOcopy.pdf&page=1"},"insert":"https://community.criticalthinking.org/viewDocument.php?doc=../content/library_for_everyone/47/HumanMindCOcopy.pdf&page=1"},{"insert":"\n \nand\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Liberating the Mind"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#0563c1","link":"https://community.criticalthinking.org/viewDocument.php?doc=../content/library_for_everyone/128/LiberatingtheMind-OvercomingSociocentricThoughtandEgocentricTendencies.pdf&page=1"},"insert":"https://community.criticalthinking.org/viewDocument.php?doc=../content/library_for_everyone/128/LiberatingtheMind-OvercomingSociocentricThoughtandEgocentricTendencies.pdf&page=1"},{"insert":"\n \nAlso complete the activities in the Wall of Barriers:\n"},{"attributes":{"color":"#0563c1","link":"https://community.criticalthinking.org/wallOfBarriers.php"},"insert":"https://community.criticalthinking.org/wallOfBarriers.php"},{"insert":"\n"}]}