A fascinating interview—The Age of American Unreason

I received this podcastlast week—an interview by Bill Moyers talking with Susan Jacoby. I was so affected by her ideas, and her smarts, that I now have her book in front of me.

Moyers describes Jacoby as one of America's most prolific and provocative free-thinkers. She says we're in a headlong flight from reason. The book is The Age of American Unreason. Here's an excerpt:

"It remains to be seen as the current presidential campaign unfolds, whether Americans are willing to consider what the flight from reason has cost us as a people, and whether any candidate has the will or the courage to talk about ignorance as a political issue affecting everything from scientific research to decisions about war and peace."

The Age of American Unreason offers an unsparing description of what Susan Jacoby calls "an overarching crisis of memory and knowledge." Susan Jacoby is the program director of the Center for Inquiry in New York

The audio clip lasts 25 minutes. Once you start listening, I don't think you'll want to stop. Please comment, if you like. I'd like to hear what you think.

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