Are Americans Hostile to Knowledge?
Interesting and scary article about the American disdain for knowledge.
I thought it was funny that this banner ad ran right above the story. Susan Jacoby, author of “The Age of American Unreason,” on her experience on 11 September 2001:
“This is just like Pearl Harbor,” one of the men said.
The other asked, “What is Pearl Harbor?”
“That was when the Vietnamese dropped bombs in a harbor, and it started the Vietnam War,” the first man replied.
At that moment, Ms. Jacoby said, “I decided to write this book.”