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Assault on Reason
Assault on Reason | Al Gore
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Now with a New Preface and Conclusion: -Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election- What has happened to our country and how can we fix it? We are in the midst of a deepening crisis for our democracy. After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that we address the grave threats to our way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign. In The Assault on Reason, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore examines how faith in the power of reason--the idea that citizens can govern themselves through rational debate--is in peril. Our democracy depends on a well-informed citizenry and a two-way conversation about ideas, but our public sphere has been degraded by fake news and the politics of fear, partisanship, and blind faith. Now updated to investigate the rise of Trump and post-truth politics, The Assault on Reason is a call to rebuild the vitality of American democracy by restoring the nation's information ecosystem so that we can start making good decisions again.
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Saw that somebody left this on the table for someone else to read! I dont have time to read so i reluctantly left it for someone else

GingerAntics This book looks interesting, though. Definitely reading this. 6y
bapaul13 !!!! want to read ...... 6y
rather_be_reading @GingerAntics i thought so too 6y
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SaraBeagle
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Raise your hand if you have found yourself asking "how did we get here?" I had many incidents of deja-vu with this book- a lot of the things that the Trump administration has done also occurred with GW Bush, though less overtly. A bit disheartening to read but important nevertheless.

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SaraBeagle
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My current commute audio. Yesterday I learned about the psychological and physiological effects of fear (and fear-mongering) and today the history of the modern right wing ideology. Not sure what I was expecting but it's good so far.

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KrisConstantReader
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Another EBook on sale today...

Suet624 Sounds like he knew what was ahead. 8y
MCYmermaid :: sigh :: 8y
Gezemice Sigh. In 2012, things were decidedly sane. 8y
KrisConstantReader You guys are so right 😕 8y
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Kathrin
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I found myself furiously nodding a lot of the times while listening to this. When Al Gore is on, he is in. But the book is pretty dry for long stretches and reads more like a scientific paper. But there is still so much good information in it, that it's definitely worth to read. It was published back in 2007 and information like this doesn't age well.

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Kathrin
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Lunch Walk!!!

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Kathrin
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I just stared this, but so far... wow 😳... I think our Oompa Loompa Elect studied this book 📚. All that fear mongering sure paid off.

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