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The deep divide between the American people and mainstream politics and media

The deep divide between the American people and mainstream politics and media A dangerous gulf exists between Americans’ concerns about their lives, their country and their future, and the priorities, proclivities and pre-occupations of the country’s mainstream politics and media. Other liberal democracies should heed the lessons. In 2013 I collaborated in a survey that investigated the […]

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The Demise of the Official Future

The Demise of the Official Future Americans are more likely to think the US is heading in the right direction since Donald Trump’s election. Why? The poll results are extraordinary: the proportion of Americans who thought the country was ‘heading in the right direction’ rose sharply when Donald Trump became president of the US, while […]

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The Ghosts of Past Political Failures Haunt Environmental Challenges

The Ghosts of Past Political Failures Haunt Environmental Challenges We will not solve climate change and other pressing global threats until we admit, and learn from, the repeated failures of past proclamations and promises.  The general public, the American news magazine proclaims in its cover story, ‘The ravaged environment’, ‘has been seized with such anger […]

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Closing the Gap between the Science and Politics of Progress

Closing the Gap between the Science and Politics of Progress Ed.note: This article draws on a paper published this month in the international journal, Social Indicators Research. The paper is available on Richard’s website, www.richardeckersley.com.au Global politics is based on an outmoded and increasingly destructive model of human progress and development. Can science change a […]

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Olduvai IV: Courage
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