But the need for critical thinking has never been as pressing as in the Internet era. At least in developed countries – but increasingly in underdeveloped ones as well – the problem is no longer one of access to information, but of the lack of ability to process and make sense of that information.
但从来没有哪个时代像互联网时代那样迫切地需要批判性思维。至少发达国家的问题不再是信息获取，而是不具备处理和消化这些信息的能力，落后国家也越来越多地面对这一问题。