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A cultural history of the last forty years, The Age of American Unreasonfocuses on the convergence of social forcesâusually treated as separate entitiesâthat has created a perfect storm of anti-rationalism. These include the upsurge of religious fundamentalism, with more political power today than ever before; the failure of public educationâŚ
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If youâve ever wondered if people today are dumber than people in the past, you should watch Idiocracy. And then read this book. It shows how weâve devolved into people who look at lists of the best five books and never actually read those books. In 2008, for a column for the L.A. Times, I had her take a quiz from the author of the book How Dumb Are You?: The Great American Stupidity Quiz and she got two wrong. I got 11 wrong. The point is: Read her book instead of mine.
From Joel's list on saving democracy from populism.
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