The Erosion of Critical Thinking in the Age of Amusements The proliferation of news quizzes and games in online media outlets has become a ubiquitous phenomenon.
Slate's recent news quiz is just one example of this trend, designed to engage readers while masquerading as education. This trend suggests that our society associates critical thinking with competition.
The notion that we need to be "tested" on our understanding of current events, like students in a classroom, is misguided and pernicious.