What is critical thinking and why is it important, anyway? Who the heck cares? Jeff and Ela get real about reading, and how it can impact thinking skills in this pilot episode of the BookWorm podcast! Cohorts launch on April 1, 2021! Website: https://www.ourbookworm.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/our.bookworm/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BookWormAI Twitter: https://twitter.com/Our_BookWorm_ Our theme music is "Procreation" by Little Glass Men. Books Mentioned: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Neil "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens "The Scent Keeper" by Erica Bauermeister "1984" by George Orwell "The Tartar Steppe" by Dino Buzzati "Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur Conan Doyle "Lincoln" by David Herbert Donald Authors Mentioned: Nassim Taleb Peter Singer Euclid Socrates