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Greetings Decision maker,
The headline from The Center Square roars with certainty, proclaiming that “a majority of Americans” applaud President Donald Trump’s order forcing every federal employee back to the office. Scratch the surface and the arithmetic crumbles. The poll itself reveals that only 43 percent of respondents endorse returning all federal workers to their desks, a figure printed in the third paragraph of the story. Another 27 percent support an order that affects “essential” employees, yet those men and women were already in the office under Biden-era guidance. By fusing those two camps and labeling the sum a majority, the article inflates support for Trump’s sweeping mandate and buries the inconvenient fact that 57 percent do not back sending every telework-eligible civil servant downtown.
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Given the misleading nature of the poll described in today’s article, what do we do to protect ourselves and society more broadly? Well, we need to put a much greater emphasis on the value of truthfulness and fighting misinformation. In a business context, misinformation can seriously undermine the brand of a company. In a public context, misinformation badly undermines trust and mutual respect. And it’s such trust and mutual respect that help us collaborate together as a society.
Having come to the US when I was a kid from Eastern Europe (my dad is Ukrainian and my mom is Moldovan), I know what it’s like to live in a society that has low trust and mutual respect, and it’s not a pretty picture. The high suspicion causes so much more burdens and challenges when you have to focus on protecting yourself from others, rather than trusting them. Moreover, if you can’t trust the press and government, then you can’t make good decisions. Likewise, people take advantage of public resources in a tragedy of the commons in such contexts. Instead, we need to focus highly on supporting sources of truth and punishing misinformation. That’s why I hope you’ll join me in signing the Pro-Truth Pledge to focus on truthfulness and civility. |
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Decisively Yours,
Dr. Gleb
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Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
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