The Role of Research Universities as Cultural Ambassadors

Thank you Sara Garcia, Andrew O'Malley BSc PhD, Sam Hester, Julie, Stephen B. Thomas, PhD, and so many others for tuning into my live video with Peter Hotez! Join me for my next live video in the app.

Peter Hotez and I discuss his new book, co-authored with Michael Mann, SCIENCE UNDER SEIGE, on the anti-science superstorm culminating from the climate crisis, the Covid pandemic, and a vast interconnected network that has waged a direct assault on scientific truth.

During our conversation we trace history of priors in civilization, such as Lysenko and Stalinism in the last century. And acknowledge the future role of A.I. for promoting infinite disinformation.

Beyond human suffering and direct health outcome consequences (such as Red Covid), the toll this is taking on the career of young scientists, universities, public health agencies, and loss of public trust are reviewed. The interdependent role of the media and the wellness industry is touched on.

The book and our conversation puts forth a call to arms, potential solutions, including the need to move away from invisible scientists and political activism.

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Podcasts with Michael Osterholm and Sanjay Gupta on their new books—The Big One and It Doesn’t Have to Hurt, respectively.

Next up is Charlotte Blease and her new book Dr. Bot on where we are headed with medical A.I.

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