svetlana14
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Dear All,
In his article "The Pandemic and Political Order" Francis Fukuyama wrote last summer that "Another reason for pessimism is that the positive scenarios assume some sort of rational public discourse and social learning. Yet the link between technocratic expertise and public policy is weaker today than in the past, when elites held more power. The democratization of authority spurred by the digital revolution has flattened cognitive hierarchies along with other hierarchies, and political decision-making is now driven by often weaponized babble. That is hardly an ideal environment for constructive, collective self-examination, and some polities may remain irrational longer than they can remain solvent."
I am woundering what do you think the expression (term) "cognitive hierarchies" would mean in the context. My version is that it is a sort of technocratic government (technocrats), which "driven by their cognitive "problem-solution mindsets".
Thank you.
In his article "The Pandemic and Political Order" Francis Fukuyama wrote last summer that "Another reason for pessimism is that the positive scenarios assume some sort of rational public discourse and social learning. Yet the link between technocratic expertise and public policy is weaker today than in the past, when elites held more power. The democratization of authority spurred by the digital revolution has flattened cognitive hierarchies along with other hierarchies, and political decision-making is now driven by often weaponized babble. That is hardly an ideal environment for constructive, collective self-examination, and some polities may remain irrational longer than they can remain solvent."
I am woundering what do you think the expression (term) "cognitive hierarchies" would mean in the context. My version is that it is a sort of technocratic government (technocrats), which "driven by their cognitive "problem-solution mindsets".
Thank you.
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