Rob Tracinski talks to Jonathan Rauch of the Brookings Institution about his new book The Constitution of Knowledge and the principles of “epistemological Madisonianism.” You can also watch it on video here:
All the ideas were excellent, but I especially loved 'We are the ones who are ten feet tall, not them'. Irrational, evil people and ideas are always scary and seemingly 'invincible' until you look at what such people have accomplished in the world, which is nothing. The rats and spiders scurrying for their holes when a bright light is shined on them comes to mind. Thanks to you both for being that 'bright light'!
All the ideas were excellent, but I especially loved 'We are the ones who are ten feet tall, not them'. Irrational, evil people and ideas are always scary and seemingly 'invincible' until you look at what such people have accomplished in the world, which is nothing. The rats and spiders scurrying for their holes when a bright light is shined on them comes to mind. Thanks to you both for being that 'bright light'!