‘Our Own Worst Enemy’ looks at Americans’ apathy
WEBSep 3, 2021 · In his new book, “Our Own Worst Enemy,” Extension School instructor Tom Nichols writes that the greatest threat to American democracy is the growing narcissism and nihilism of the public.
Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
WEBFeb 27, 2024 · In Attack from Within, legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade, shows us how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. The book includes:
Biggest Threat to America? Not Terrorism But Apathy, Expert Says
WEBSep 13, 2021 · One of the biggest threats to American democracy right now isn’t nuclear war or terrorism, but the growing narcissism and nihilism of the public, says Tom Nichols.
White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
WEBFeb 27, 2024 · White rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway of any demographic group in the United States, yet rural communities suffer from poor healthcare access, failing infrastructure, and severe manufacturing and farming job losses. Rural voters believe our nation has betrayed them, and to some degree, they’re right.
A ‘tyranny of the minority’ is destroying American democracy, a …
WEBDec 8, 2023 · A new book argues that America’s Founding Fathers created a now-outdated system that allows a partisan minority in the US to thwart the popular will.
Books on Democracy Under Threat - The New York Times
WEBNov 2, 2022 · These beautifully written and personal books each zero in on the 2010 plane crash of Poland's president on his way to visit a memorial for Polish soldiers executed by Russian forces in World War...
What Orwell’s ‘1984’ tells us about today’s world, 70 years after it ...
WEBJun 12, 2019 · The novel tells the story of Winston Smith, a hapless middle-aged bureaucrat who lives in Oceania, where he is governed by constant surveillance. Even though there are no laws, there is a...
The Surveillance Threat Is Not What Orwell Imagined
WEBJun 6, 2019 · G eorge Orwell repeatedly delayed crucial medical care to complete 1984, the book still synonymous with our worst fears of a totalitarian future — published 70 years ago this month. Half a year...
George Soros: Open Societies Are Under Threat - NPR
WEBOct 26, 2019 · His new book, In Defense of Open Society, published this week, compiles a selection of his (often worrisome) essays in which Soros muses on what he views as modern threats to democratic...
Flawed chatbot or threat to society? Both? We explore the risks ... - NPR
WEBJun 15, 2023 · Flawed chatbot or threat to society? Both? We explore the risks and benefits of AI Artificial intelligence experts recently signed an open letter warning that AI could destroy humanity.
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