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How do you know you’re right? It’s a consequential question because for a democratic society to be responsive, there have to be occasional shifts of public perception. But in recent years, our relationship with the news has nudged us away from the ability to develop a common consensus. Instead of learning about an ambiguous and complicated moral world, we increasingly seek reassurance because it is easier than ever. The result is an increasingly polarised political landscape with the potential to delay and disrupt the flow of new ideas: 'therapeutic politics'.
