Air Date: 8–28-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- Ch. 1 - How scientific empires fall
- Ch. 2 - How fascists of the past have destroyed their country’s scientific progress in fear of inconvenient truths
- Ch. 3 - How other countries are taking the opportunity to poach American scientists
- Ch. 4 - Living in a society that is shifting away from believing in evidence based science
- Ch. 5 - The 1938 pro-science manifesto that defended democracy against fascism
- BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm - Trump’s eugenicist mindset and what we didn’t have time for from our main articles
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REFERENCES:
AOL Dial-Up Ending Reminds Us That All Empires Collapse Eventually - Kotaku
Every Scientific Empire Comes to an End - The Atlantic
What’s Behind the Rejection of Science? - American Laboratory
Attacks on the U.S. Innovation Ecosystem Are an Attack on a Wellspring of American Prosperity - American Progress
The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump - NY Times
Science Caught in a Rip Tide: How Authoritarianism Sweeps Away Evidence-Based Policy - USC.org
This 1938 pro-science manifesto defended democracy against fascism - Big Think
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Attacks on the U.S. Innovation Ecosystem Are an Attack on a Wellspring of American Prosperity - American Progress
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