Reason tells us that political deliberation would be most fruitful if it treated governance more like scientific experimentation and less like an extreme-sports competition. Credit: Steven Pinker Source: Enlightenment Now (Page 366 Penguin paperback edition)Posts where this quotation is embedded A Knowledge Café in English, French and Russian Knowledge Cafe’s can be run in multiple languages Actor-network … Continue reading Treating Governance Like Scientific Experimentation Steven Pinker
A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country? Credit: George Washington Posts where this … Continue reading A Primary Object of Education Should Be the Science of Government George Washington
Gurteen Knowledge Blog June 23, 2021, 18:53The United States’ founding fathers understood the importance of a well-informed citizenry to vote wisely to elect good leaders, as these two quotations clearly show. Today, like so many other democratic nations, not only are citizens not educated in the “science of government,” they do not have the ability to make … Continue reading Has Democracy Outlived Its Usefulness? The best argument against Democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter
The people are the only censors of their governors: and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution. To punish these errors too severely would be to suppress the only safeguard of the public liberty. The way to prevent these irregular interpositions of the people is to give … Continue reading Newspapers Without a Government Thomas Jefferson