Ideas change everything

Are We Too Dumb for Democracy?

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David Moscrop |

TEDxYYC

• June 2018

Bombarded by fake news, 24-hour news cycles, social media posts, Internet trolls, advertisements and countless other sources appealing for our attention, how can we still make informed decisions? A democracy relies on its citizens to make educated and informed choices, yet very real forces conspire against the average person's ability to do this everyday. Can our democratic processes overcome these hurdles or are we doomed to fail like every other democratic experiment in history?

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Bombarded by fake news, 24-hour news cycles, social media posts, Internet trolls, advertisements and countless other sources appealing for our attention, how can we still make informed decisions? A democracy relies on its citizens to make educated and informed choices, yet very real forces conspire against the average person's ability to do this everyday. Can our democratic processes overcome these hurdles or are we doomed to fail like every other democratic experiment in history?

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