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Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about the part publicly funded universities are playing in supporting research into techniques for overcoming resistance to advertising

 

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Schools not teaching basic critical thinking are not just why we fall victim to advertising; it's the root cause of the majority of civic backsliding in countries around the world; most notably the US with Trump and the UK's Brexit fiasco.

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