
The Assault on Reason
Our Information Ecosystem, from the Age of Print to the Age of Trump - 2017 Edition
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Al Gore
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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"This book shows a fiery, throw-caution-to-the winds Al Gore, who...has decided to lay it all on the line with a blistering assessment of the Bush administration and the state of public discourse in America." (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)
"Gore’s faith in human nature is braver and sharper than (the cynics).... This book isn’t about him; it’s about the republic whose freedoms depend on increasing reasoned debate and reducing intimidating noise." (The Boston Globe)
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So if you are perplexed as to how the heck all of this craziness is even allowed to happen, then you must read this!
VERY timely! Even though was originally © 2007
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Although he has an ax to grind, it's a pretty clear and straight on treatise on where his head is at versus Dubya.
My only disappointment was that Gore did not narrate the book.
inside his head
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The book makes an excellent analysis of the effects of fear and TV upon reason, clouding judgment.
Seriously, maybe it's a good thing he wasn't President in 2000. If he had been, he couldn't run today, when we need him more than ever.
Why can't this man be President?
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If you are on the liberal side of the aisle, this book will raise your blood pressure.
If you are on the other side of the aisle, it will also raise your blood pressure.
It is Political, Partisan, and Polemic.
But if 5 Percent of it is true (and I’m betting it is), then you’d better know about it.
I’ve just finished it and find it a “must read” for anyone, either side of the aisle, who has an interest in our country, its political situation, and its future. What Gore says must be answered, by politicians on either side of the aisle, and us as citizens.
Well narrated, although that audio may have suffered a bit from Audible’s high compression.
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This book is a must read for everyone. The book should be read especially by all who have thier heads imbedded in the partisan sand.
It is a wonderful explanation of the science of HOW we can be manipulated, as well as the application of that knowledge to do just that.
Great book.
Fred
Must read!
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