The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking

List of Figures - Introduction: Critical Thinking, Magic Glasses, and Film - Part One: Critical Thinking in Our Post-Fact World of Fake News - Alternative Fact and Fake News Inside Plato's Cave - My Own Escape From Our Culture's Cave: From Ego-Centrism to Global Awareness - Inching Towards Cosmic Consciousness - Part Two: The First Eight Rules of Critical Thinking - Rule One: Reflect Systemically - Rule Two: Select Market as the Economic Root of Political Differences - Rule Three: Reject Neutrality - A Compromise World Vision - Rule Four: Suspect Ideology - Rule Five: Respect History - Rule Six: Inspect Scientifically - Rule Seven: Quadra-Sect Violence - Rule Eight: Connect With Your Deepest Self - Part Three: Reviewing History Through the Magic Glasses - How the Wealthy Privatized the Commons - Colonialism and Its Structures - Commoners Resist Privatization - Hitler and Fascism's Defense of Privatization - Part Four: Fascism Today, Drawing Conclusions, and Breaking Silence - Continuation of Hitler's System in Globalization and the War on Terrorism - Capitalism's Contemporary Crisis and the Rise of Neo-Fascism - Rule Nine: Collect Conclusions and Live Critically - Rule Ten: Detect Silences (and Fake News) - Index.