[egroat]

> The pervasive uncertainty of Browne’s writing offers a respite from the stifling certainties of today. We have religious zealots, just as the seventeenth century did—but we also have zealots of so many more varieties. We have had the end of history and the death of faith. Civilizations clashed, everything is post-something. Cassandras say we are digital drones; Panglosses say the Internet is freedom. We believe in St. Paul Krugman or St. Paul Gigot. Anyone who says we are a society lacking belief is not paying attention. If anything, we are lacking doubt.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2939

This is the summary of the article and an smbc comic I was exposed to today, the combination of which have brought me back to my repeated question of how exactly have we improved the communication of important ideas over the last few centuries? Have we improved it at all?

Or perhaps I should be asking what the important ideas are.