Thinking

Name: Thinking
Brand: Johan Fremlin
Price: 50.75 AUD

A Dying Art?

By: Johan Fremlin

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Hardcover | 21 April 2026

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348 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 2.39

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When the answer arrives before the question, what becomes of thinking?

Artificial intelligence is transforming education, work, and everyday life at a pace rarely seen in human history. Tools that once seemed impossible can now generate text, solve problems, and provide immediate answers within seconds. Yet beneath these remarkable advances lies a deeper question: what happens when the process of thinking itself begins to change?

Drawing on more than a quarter-century in education and nearly two decades in hardware and user experience development, educator and technologist Johan Fremlin explores the relationship between learning, curiosity, technology, and human growth.

Rather than arguing for or against artificial intelligence, Thinking: A Dying Art? examines a more fundamental challenge: how do people preserve ownership of their thinking while working alongside increasingly capable machines?

Blending classroom observations, philosophy, cognitive science, and practical experience, this book invites readers to consider:

the difference between information and understanding
why struggle and uncertainty remain essential to learning
how technology shapes attention and decision-making
the changing role of educators, institutions, and expertise
what uniquely human thinking may look like in the age of AI

Neither alarmist nor utopian, Thinking: A Dying Art? offers a thoughtful exploration of one of the defining questions of our time:

If machines can provide answers, what responsibilities remain uniquely human?

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