Category: Democracy
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Fox News Perceptions and Clout
I came across a Facebook comment that ironically declared Fox News had 35% more viewership than CNN because they report the truth. Fox News indeed draws the most viewers (30%) of any single corporate mainstream media. This gives the only mainstream media created for a political purpose the single greatest influence on perceptions and clout
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Foreign Wars Casualties and Perceptions
This response to the current bombing of Iran interrupts the miniseries on democracy with a perspective on foreign wars. My faith in being human over being civilized derives from research I started in 2005 in response to threats of war with Iran. Because I believe in humanity I believe that when properly informed citizens can
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The Political Continuum
The first posts formed a miniseries about wisdom. This introduces a new miniseries on the concept of democracy. We begin with a political continuum based on Enlightenment conceptions of the social contract. I covered these in my election year journal, Pandering and Punditry, Entries #9-10. The ruling principle of authoritarian government can be summarized as
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Systemic Party Bias
This is the fourth entry for a miniseries about wisdom. I am an unaffiliated citizen. Parents belonging to different parties contributed to my independence, as did the tendency of the parties to change principles. During my lifetime the parties switched over “shock and awe” tactics. They switched over choice and abortion. They switched over state
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Collective Wisdom Conditions
This is the third entry in a miniseries about collective wisdom. In The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki detailed the four conditions for collecting wisdom from a population. People must think independently of each other, no groupthink. Their thinking must be decentralized, not influenced by a centralized authority. Such conditions allow for collecting a diversity
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The Unenlightened Wisdom Project
The Unenlightened Wisdom Project promotes a humanitarian worldview and wisdom as an antidote to the materialism and individualism that drives western civilization. The ten year project journeys from brain health to democracy, focusing on additional themes of humanity, responsibility and information. Subscribe to receive post notifications and alerts about the latest developments during this journey.
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