As you know, I’ve been trying, as a public service, to do funny animated videos that encourage critical thinking. As … More
Tag: critical thinking
Free Bloovie (Mook? Vook?) to Share with Kids
On the advice of a ten year-old, I turned several of my kid’s books into comics. Though it took months, … More
I don’t know how to sell books
How are you doing today? Good, I hope. Are you a good sales person? I really suck at it. A … More
No, kids are NOT getting dumber.
I often hear that we humans are being deliberately “dumbed down” by nefarious forces who prefer for us to be … More
Revenge of the Abandoned Author
Little Smarties Comics: Critical Thinking for Beginning Readers Three months to complete two comic books with three stories each. That … More
The Three Weirdos: Are Authors like their characters?
I’m just finishing up The Three Weirdos, a critical thinking comic book for beginner readers. I have particularly enjoyed Ono, … More
Are emotions contagious?
A privacy group has sued Facebook for manipulating news feeds to test for emotional contagion. Emotional contagion is simply the … More
Left/Right, With us/Against us, Globalism/Nationalism: Why only two choices?
When any argument rages for decades, it’s because both sides have some truth and neither has it all. “You’re either … More
Epistemology or You Don’t Know Jack
I’m in the middle of my third picture book for beginning readers, in the Critical Thinking Series. This one is … More
The Universal Human Trait of Being Just a Bit Bad
I think it is very cool that joking and laughing are human universals, according to anthropologist Donald Brown in his … More