Are we living in a post-truth world where “alternative facts” replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? Lee McIntrye discusses our modern dilemma: Fake News vs Facts: Living in a Post-Truth World. Lee McIntyre is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School.
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Beyond Belief
The effort to destroy facts and make American ungovernable didn’t come out of nowhere. It is the culmination of seventy years of strategic denialism
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Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World
Harvard’s Graham Allison discusses his new biography (co-authored with Robert Blackwell) of Lee Kuan Yew, “the power behind the throne” in modern Asian political leadership.
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Can Local News Fix the Crisis in Democracy?
In this forum, a panel of journalists considers the pivotal role of information and facts in a healthy democracy.