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Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
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Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
to participate in the great decisions of government. There was, Lippmann brooded, no “intrinsic moral and intellectual virtue to majority rule.” Lippmann’s disenchantment with democracy anticipated the mood of today’s elites. From the top, the public, and the swings of public opinion, appeared irrational and uninformed. The human material out of wh
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Andrew Carnegie Lecture Series – Brian Eno
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John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
As the filmmaker Adam Curtis told The Economist, ‘People are frightened of instability. But the job of a good politician is to give them a story that says “yes this is risky, but it’s also thrilling and it might just lead to something extraordinary.”’
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
Margaret, who had responded far better than Graham to the magic of cinema, amazed us by putting together an actual PowerPoint presentation about why Charlie Chaplin ‘appears a fool but is verily a philosopher’. Cardingham climbed the podium with soldierly grace, fixed us with a sneer and, in language even more obscure than Margaret’s, delivered a s
... See moreKaliane Bradley • The Ministry of Time: The Instant Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller
A pale man with pince-nez, he had the kind of face it is impossible to recall within five minutes of seeing it, and owed his appointment to the fact that all the other candidates for the Vice Chancellorship had enough personality to acquire enemies.