Another excellent essay - am learning so much. Thank you! I favor civic education that includes media education (e.g. Jon Haidt’s work). I also think we couple media education (part of civic education) with better regulation of technology. The current media environment makes it too easy for ideologues on the left and right to make people afraid of and angry with other people, especially people who are different from them. Consequently, we have given too much voice and status to the toxic personalities who are unfit for public service. All of this is happening when the world is headed toward depopulation. We should be doing everything in our power to build a first class immigration system that increases our population - instead of scaring people away and building camps for immigrants. For reference on the risks of depopulation, I cite Dean Spear’s new book entitled “After the Spike” (2025).
Another excellent essay - am learning so much. Thank you! I favor civic education that includes media education (e.g. Jon Haidt’s work). I also think we couple media education (part of civic education) with better regulation of technology. The current media environment makes it too easy for ideologues on the left and right to make people afraid of and angry with other people, especially people who are different from them. Consequently, we have given too much voice and status to the toxic personalities who are unfit for public service. All of this is happening when the world is headed toward depopulation. We should be doing everything in our power to build a first class immigration system that increases our population - instead of scaring people away and building camps for immigrants. For reference on the risks of depopulation, I cite Dean Spear’s new book entitled “After the Spike” (2025).