Engagement in a Time of Polarization Topic 1: Public Engagement | Page 3

01. THE PROBLEM WITH FACTS

02. democracy retreats

03. 20th century to 21st century

04. Listening: Poles apart

Agnotology has never been more important. “We live in a golden age of ignorance,” says Proctor today. “And Trump and Brexit are part of that.”

More than half the countries in the latest update of a democratic-health index saw their scores decline.

Social scientists came to believe that the fundamental problem of how a human society should be organized was solved: liberal democracy politically and capitalism. economically

In Britain, the fallout from Brexit continues as ‘millennials’ blame the ‘aged’, and the ‘metropolitan elite’ blame the ‘bigots’.

Participatory public engagement

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