very interesting and thought provoking and not wrong but some comments -
Regarding Eisenhower vs. Stephenson - well victorious generals have won elections in our country since George Washington.
Intellectualism is OK for the ivory towers but the common folk want to feel that their leaders understand them and their needs (think George Bush I and the cost of a quart of milk) - Intelligence shared is maybe better than a separate class seen as intellectuals and even less good if they are seen as or think o themselves as superior. They just have different talents or gifts if one wishes. I can well imagine that Hillary calling Trump supporters "deplorable" effective roadblocked their ability to change their minds and support her.
Regarding education we are, nationally I think, stymied by the tenth amendment which puts that control in local hands mostly
I fear that we will be hard put in this technological environment to curtail the spread of mistruths and half truths and the only positive is that so much of our tribalism is now acquired so quickly it may be less solid than in past.
very interesting and thought provoking and not wrong but some comments -
Regarding Eisenhower vs. Stephenson - well victorious generals have won elections in our country since George Washington.
Intellectualism is OK for the ivory towers but the common folk want to feel that their leaders understand them and their needs (think George Bush I and the cost of a quart of milk) - Intelligence shared is maybe better than a separate class seen as intellectuals and even less good if they are seen as or think o themselves as superior. They just have different talents or gifts if one wishes. I can well imagine that Hillary calling Trump supporters "deplorable" effective roadblocked their ability to change their minds and support her.
Regarding education we are, nationally I think, stymied by the tenth amendment which puts that control in local hands mostly
I fear that we will be hard put in this technological environment to curtail the spread of mistruths and half truths and the only positive is that so much of our tribalism is now acquired so quickly it may be less solid than in past.
I so like the effort to look behind the anti-intellectual group think phenomenon - fear. I too tried to address this in my own style. https://www.facebook.com/marvin.friedlander.1
Thoughtful analysis of our current situation.