Ever wonder why many Americans think differently?] How America Lost Its Mind

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Date	2020-02-26 19:00 -0800
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Subject	Ever wonder why many Americans think differently?] How America Lost Its Mind
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https://www.amazon.com/How-America-Lost-Mind-Distinguished/dp/0806164328/ref=sr_1_1?

"Americans are losing touch with reality. On virtually every issue, from climate change to immigration, tens of millions of Americans have opinions and beliefs wildly at odds with fact, rendering them unable to think sensibly about politics. In How America Lost Its Mind, Thomas E. Patterson explains the rise of a world of “alternative facts” and the slow-motion cultural and political calamity unfolding around us.

We don’t have to search far for the forces that are misleading us and tearing us apart: politicians for whom division is a strategy; talk show hosts who have made an industry of outrage; news outlets that wield conflict as a marketing tool; and partisan organizations and foreign agents who spew disinformation to advance a cause, make a buck, or simply amuse themselves. The consequences are severe. How America Lost Its Mind maps a political landscape convulsed with distrust, gridlock, brinksmanship, petty feuding, and deceptive messaging.

As dire as this picture is, and as unlikely as immediate relief might be, Patterson sees a way forward and underscores its urgency. A call to action, his book encourages us to wrest institutional power from ideologues and disruptors and entrust it to sensible citizens and leaders, to restore our commitment to mutual tolerance and restraint, to cleanse the Internet of fake news and disinformation, and to demand a steady supply of trustworthy and relevant information from our news sources.

As philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote decades ago, the rise of demagogues is abetted by “people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.” In How America Lost Its Mind, Thomas E. Patterson makes a passionate case for fully and fiercely engaging on the side of truth and mutual respect in our present arms race between fact and fake, unity and division, civility and incivility."

Reader review: 14 customer rating (12 gave 5 stars, 1 gave 4 stars)

"“How America Lost Its Mind” by Thomas Patterson is a short, tightly-written and impressive examination of American tribal politics of the 21st century. Patterson’s approach is extremely balanced, he spare neither ‘side’ (Democrats or Republicans) from their contributed guilt, nor does he merely throw up his arms in exasperation at the futile nature of present day American politics. At its heart “How America Lost Its Mind” is about the two vastly different realities our political left and right currently find themselves in, and how this is facilitated and enforced by our leaders, information systems and our own psychologies. In a highly readable, to-the-point fashion, Patterson walks us through: the basics of our current ‘information system’ and who we, the American citizens, have become Chapter 1. The Know Nothings); the Tribes that have resulted from these dynamics (Chapter 2); the major contributors to our polarized misinformation system (Chapters 3. The Disrupters/4. The Performers/5. The Marketers); and finally our chance to redeem ourselves (Chapter 6. The Level-Headed). This book should be required reading for any American who cares about our democracy and honestly wishes to make it better. This is not for a tribal partisan but it could convert a thoughtful partisan into a thoughtful ‘level-headed’ citizen. 5 Stars!"

One reader did rate the book one star. His complain was about the diagnostic but the remedy is one sided.

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