Governments and to some extent schools have resisted teaching critical thinking and media literacy for many years. There are actually campaigns against teaching them in some places. But now we face a dilemma: with the increasing proliferation of AI-generated content filling search engines (the way fake vendors fill Amazon search results) critical thinking and media literacy are becoming essential skills. It's not clear how a population without these skills will cope. "In Denmark, there is a strongly defined subject area – technology comprehension - which, in its current form, among other things, aims to strengthen students' ability to understand, create, and act meaningfully in a society where digital technologies and digital artifacts are increasingly serving as catalysts for change." We need this everywhere.
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