Steven Aftergood Quotes

As a society we seem to be losing our ability to rationally debate complicated policy decisions. Secrecy aggravates the problem by excluding people from the debate, or by narrowing their frames of reference. Nothing less than the future of American democracy is at stake.

- Steven Aftergood

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Society | Losing | Ability | Rationally | Debate |

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