The Importance of Critical Thinking.

Critical thinking has emerged as an essential skill in what is termed the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The appearance of new fields such as artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, 3-D printing and genetics is expected to cause widespread disruption in the labor market. This new industrial revolution is set to cause radical changes in the skill sets required by workers in the future workforce. The ability to think critically is much needed to be active in these new fields.  

Critical thinking is important for three
important reasons. Firstly, it is a domain-general thinking skill, secondly, it is needed by the new knowledge economy, thirdly for the enhancement of language and presentation skills, the promotion of creative thinking, for reflective thinking, and lastly for the foundation of science and democracy. That means it is a thinking skill that can be applied to many domains or areas of knowledge, work, and personal development. Critical thinking enhances language and presentation skills. It is the foundation of science and democracy. 

Firstly, critical thinking is a domain-general skill. That means critical thinking can be applied to various areas of work and knowledge. The ability to think critically is needed in the legal, engineering, medical, financial, teaching, and many other fields of work. This is because the ability to think clearly, without bias, to bear down on the crux of the matter, and come up with proper arguments and conclusions is essential in various areas of work and education.

Secondly, critical thinking is needed in the modern knowledge economy. This new economic system emphasizes information is the basis of the business. Information in the new economy is facilitated by information technology and the Internet. Information is obtained from sophisticated systems and transferred across the world in a flash. This allows for quick business transactions and hence business decisions have to be made quickly. To this end, critical thinking is required to make judicious decisions. 

Thirdly, critical thinking improves the way we present our ideas. Critical thinking allows us to present ideas in a coherent, structured, and systematic way. It allows one to read a text, see its logical structure and comprehend it. This is how it in turn allows presenting our ideas properly. 

            In conclusion, we can see that critical thinking is a skill that has wide applications in a wide variety of fields. It is central to the functioning of the new economy with the need to make careful decisions quickly. It provides a lucid, logical, and lucid way to present ideas.