Enlightenment 2.0
by Heath, Joseph · first published 2014
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Over the last twenty years, the political systems of the western world have become increasingly divided-not between right and left, but between crazy and non-crazy. What's more, the crazies seem to be gaining the upper hand. Rational thought cannot prevail in the current social and media environment, where elections are won by appealing to voters' hearts rather than their minds. The rapid-fire pace of modern politics, the hypnotic repetition of daily news items and even the multitude of visual sources of information all make it difficult for the voice of reason to be heard. In Enlightenment 2.
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Incidentally, Joseph Heath's book Enlightenment 2.0 would make a good companion to this article because the book is about how we (and politicians) treat claims about truth and feeling; I wrote more about it here: http://jakeseliger.com/2015/08/05/enlightenment-2-0-restorin...
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