Risk-Intelligent Communities for Lifelong Learners in a Post-Truth Era
After Oxford Dictionaries had announced the word “post-truth” as the Word of the Year in 2016, the concept of post-truth became highly popular in contemporary literacy. Use of the word became more widespread. Post-truth can be simply explained as disappearance of norms for truth. In a society divided by bias, feelings and personal believes are more important than objective facts. In the post truth era, realities don't make a difference. It is a challenging environment for public in this COVID-19 times and within traditional governance structures established around multiple layers of competence where lines of accountability and responsibility are not clear. For the future to come any time soon, we need risk intelligent communities that consist of lifelong learners.