Excellent discussion Phillip. But three things happened: 1) disinformation won; As Harari explains, " we thought if we flooded the world with information the truth would float to the top, but instead it sank to the bottom". 2) Trump, NOTE: https://medium.com/@daneke/trump-versus-science-putting-the-authority-in-authoritarianism-50e82e8d5fb4, and 3) Tenure is in decline, and red state governments are even firing tenured professors. Fascism is here with its myths and mysticism. Oh and a 4th, note the dismal science is a non-science, SEE PS: HUMAN ECOLOGY is a whole lot more scientific than mainstream economics, but they are calling the shots.