Jacek Dabala

A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity : Media, Politics, Philosophy Jacek Dabala New ed edition

“Professor Jacek Dabala’s short polemic, A Pre-Collapse Cure for Stupidity, serves asa straightforward, blunt instrument intended to jar us out of our collective stuporin the face of catastrophe. Squarely taking on critical, timely issues such as climatechange, democracy, populism, and the state of journalism, Dabala deploys a provocative,untimely language intended to persuasively argue that our present world isthe outcome of a mass stupefaction of our own making. Professor Richard Baxstrom, University of Edinburgh“Do we need an informed public and knowledgeable narrators making sense ofthings at a time of great complexity and uncertainty? We do.

But as Jacek Dabalapoints out in his engaging new book, the globe is facing endangered democracies,empowered politicians drawn to totalitarianism and journalists lacking the skills torespond. Chief among Dabala’s necessary conclusions: We need better educationteaching “the meaning and real value of democracy and freedom.” And we need itnow. Before it’s too late.”Professor Steven Beschloss, Arizona State University“Born of frustration and an awareness of impending climate disaster, in this shortbook Jacek Dabala sets out his sense of the whole problem.

Dabala reveals a viciousand self-reinforcing cycle of propaganda and stupidity built of short-sighted, selfservingor outright malevolent voices in politics and the media.”Professor Nicholas J. Cull, University of Southern California“In these provocative and timely essays, Jacek Dabala issues a clarion call to educators,journalists, and politicians to address the major crises facing the world todayby ending the “circle of stupidity” that perpetuates bad governance and misinformationwith devastating consequences.”Professor Diana Owen, Georgetown University