[LINK] Al Gore on democracy, TV and Net neutrality

[Daniel Rose]

Robin Whittle wrote:
> Here is an excerpt from Al Gore's book "The Assault on
> Reason" from:
> 
> http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1622015,00.html
> 
> The full title is:
> 
>   The Assault On Reason
> 
>   How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy, and Blind Faith
>   Subvert Wise Decision Making, Degrade Our Democracy,
>   and Put Our Country and Our World in Peril
> 
> It is to be released on 22 May:
> 
>   http://www.amazon.com/Assault-Reason-Al-Gore/dp/1594201226
> 
> 
> 
<SNIP>
Also see:

"Voltaire's Bastards"
"Triumph of the airheads"
"The unconscious civilization"

Strange things are going on with our society, I wonder if they can be traced to a decline in education standards in the west over the last 3 or 4 decades, or if there's a different cause.