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Whether or not the U.S. is in decline can be debated, but there is evidence that its political system is becoming less able to solve major problems. This is in part because loyalty to a belief or an ideology may be taking priority over learning how to understand the problems. This work attempts to revitalize the importance of learnability by reviewing some fundamentals of who we are, how the system works, and why learning is difficult. Humans driven by opinions and perceptions tend to discount politics similar to the way they might discount science, yet it was the study of science and politics that brought much of mankind to remarkably higher standards of living. Government, and the economic system it implemented, was initially designed for the purpose of channeling self-interests into public benefits. Understanding what an inclusive political culture is, or why there is a Constitution, for example, could be useful toward restoring the credibility of our central political organization, the core of society's stability and development. We are losing respect for our government's decision-making ability, but in a democracy, citizens must be held more accountable for who their government is. The hypothesis is that if more humans are more learnable, we will increase the possibilities for finding the "best" solutions to big problems.
Contents
Chapter 1 - The underlying objective
Chapter 2 - Making a case for more learning
Chapter 3 - Standards of living landmarks
Chapter 4 - Self-knowledge explained
Chapter 5 - So what do we do with self-knowledge?
Chapter 6 - Rational choice and its competing biases
Chapter 7 - Filling (some of) the Void of Uncertainty
Chapter 8 - Specie, Groups, Individuals, and Universals
Chapter 9 - What is a democratic political culture?
Chapter 10 - Why do we have a Constitution?
Chapter 11 - Why does the U.S. have a "Two-party" system?
Chapter 12 - What is a Public Good?
Chapter 13 - What is "Political Correctness" and how is it useful and misused?
Chapter 14 - Rebooting education
Chapter 15 - Redefining democracy
Chapter 16 - Remodeling politics
Chapter 17 - Retooling technology
Chapter 18 - Reworking capitalism
