Article note: Attn silicon valley: Infinite growth is _not_ required for something to be useful or successful. In fact, infinite growth trajectory usually spells doom.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”