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fromHarvard Gazette
1 week ago

Excerpt from 'The Cradle of Citizenship' by James Traub - Harvard Gazette

The same deep forces that afflict many Western nations have wrenched us apart: the transition to a postindustrial economy and the attendant erosion of working-class security, the demographic shift toward a "majority minority" nation, the cultural upheaval that has dethroned men, and especially white men, from their age-old dominance - and the rise of entrepreneurs of outrage eager to exploit all that free-floating anger.
Education
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
2 months ago

Is democracy always about truth? Why we may need to loosen our views to heal our divisions

Democracy's emphasis on truth creates tensions with other democratic demands, producing contradictions that can be exploited by enemies of open societies.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot

An epistemic crisis in knowledge production and dissemination, driven by concentrated power and propaganda, undermines effective climate action.
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