What Happened to Reason and Truth-Seeking?

The first essay in our seven-part series on the ideals of the Enlightenment and whether they still shape how people in modern Western society think, decide and act.

This instalment examines reason and truth-seeking as defences against informational chaos, exploring five components: observation versus intuition, testing claims against evidence, distinguishing expertise from power, correcting errors, and treating truth as a collective endeavour.

Read the full essay on Substack: realworldlabs.substack.com