It’s hard to be a good Critical Thinker these days. The sheer volume of information we are presented with on any one topic is overwhelming. It is, in fact, the very thing that keeps the word “overwhelming” in business.Every single source you can find and person you speak with will add another straw to the camel’s back that is your personal hard-drive. At some point, even the strongest of researchers, will succumb to the process and choose between the lesser of two evils.
Consider a new approach: Get whatever information you can wrap your brain around and get to know it. Find a good middle ground. Then check both extreme ends of the spectrum and make an imaginary center.
Then back away from all your carefully gathered information and think about those things that make the biggest impact at any given time. Consider the exploitation spurred by new economies and global markets. Decide if it matters to you that your product was hatched and corn-fed on American soil. Figure out what it is that matters to you.
With any luck, you’ll find that what matters to you is in the best interests of local markets and free trade. You will find that you are, indeed, a fan of quality products made by workers who are paid a fair wage and provided with good working conditions
I believe, if you have just a minute to think about it, that you will find you are a Critical Thinker. It’s kind-of liberating to do the right things for the right reasons. The true, long-term price of a dollar saved today is probably much greater than coming in under budget. Think about it.
