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Under capitalism, we cannot actually negotiate the fundamental questions of what we collectively value, since the purpose of our economy is beyond the power of democratic deliberation. We can make decisions regarding the distribution of our social wealth, but the final purpose of the production of our wealth (profit) is already decided. __If we are committed to achieving actual democracy, we must therefore be committed not only to the redistribution of wealth but also to the revaluation of the measure of value that shapes our production of wealth.__

This Life

Martin Hägglund

Despair demands less of us, it’s more predictable, and in a sad way safer. __Authentic hope requires clarity—seeing the troubles in this world—and imagination, seeing what might lie beyond these situations that are perhaps not inevitable and immutable.__

Hope in the Dark

Rebecca Solnit

Questions remain, however, about how often scientists—even those protected by tenure and academic freedom—are truly cowed by the potential that their research might land them in hot water (see Kempner 2008). Answering this question takes on even greater importance during times when scientists feel so much precarity about their work. The answer may depend on mul- tiple variables: how secure do scientists feel in their employment? How secure is their academic freedom and how supportive are the administrators where they work? Are they on the tenure track and do they now have tenure? How transparent and helpful is their local ethics board? Do they live in a community and/or country where public science education is valued and where publics are engaged in science? How politically engaged is their discipline? And does the struc- ture of their work enable them to resist informal constraints?

Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies; Second Edition

Matthias Gross, Linsey McGoey (eds)

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