About Gabriel Wilensky
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My Story
Hi! I am Gabriel Wilensky, founder and President of Thought Academy, a website dedicated to teaching people how to think critically and rationally. I have many years of experience helping people become better critical thinkers through critical thinking articles and the development of tests to measure various thinking skills. Using reason for everything we do in life is critical to make the world a better place. This subject is one of the major topics of Fuel for Thought.
I am also the author of the books Six Million Crucifixions and Two Dozen Thoughts, both of which show a particularly pernicious consequence of abandoning reason. Additionally, I am a software engineer responsible for many software products, several of which won nine different awards including two Codies, the software industry’s equivalent of the Oscars. Several of my software products received widespread media attention and are used by tens of millions of people worldwide. Among them are such blockbuster hits as Morph, the Aladdin Activity Center, the Lion King Activity Center, GoPro Studio and the GoPro App.
My Other Work
Thought Academy
Thought Academy’s mission is to help people become better critical thinkers.
Six Million Crucifixions
Traces the history of antisemitism in Christianity and the role that played in making possible the Holocaust.
Two Dozen Thoughts
Two Dozen Thoughts is a collection of essays on the topics of Christian antisemitism and the role that played in paving the road to the Holocaust, the role of the churches, and the curia during and after the Second World War.
This book is complementary to the much deeper and broader Six Million Crucifixions.
You may download Two Dozen Thoughts for free.
Highlights
Here are some highlights from my writing and software development careers.
Published Books
Awards
Publications
Software Users
Awards
NEW MEDIA MAGAZINE’S INVISION CONTEST
BRONZE AWARD
MACUSER MAGAZINE AWARDS EDITOR’S CHOICE (EDDY) FINALIST:
BEST DESKTOP DIVERSION
MACUSER MAGAZINE AWARDS EDITOR’S CHOICE (EDDY) FINALIST:
BEST NEW SPECIAL EFFECT
DISCOVER MAGAZINE AWARDS FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
FINALIST
SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION CODIE AWARD
BEST BUSINESS APPLICATION: GRAPHIC
SOFTWARE & INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION CODIE AWARD:
BEST BUSINESS APPLICATION: BEST PERSONAL CREATIVITY PROGRAM
PIXAR’S RENDERAMA CONTEST
THIRD PLACE PRIZE
BYTE MAGAZINE
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
UCSD CONNECT
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW PRODUCT AWARD
Fuel for Thought is erudite and encyclopedic, pointed and provocative. Its aims are well worth consideration. Wilensky’s emphasis on education and enlightenment has much to commend it.
John K. Roth
Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Claremont McKenna College
My Other Book
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Six Million Crucifixions
Traces the history of antisemitism in Christianity and the role that played in making the Holocaust possible.