The Centers Cannot Hold: What’s the Next Step for Think Tanks?
... knowledge, practically applicable notions about being human in the new technological, political and economic context. Philosophers, science fiction writers and, in some cases, academics have long been struggling with a number of these issues, but, as a rule,... ... their convening power for interdisciplinary and interclass dialogue. Third . The populist wave and the questions posed by social media about the existing models of democracy only heighten the significance of think tanks as the Fifth Estate. Unlike the media,...