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There has probably never been an era in history when intellectuals have played a larger role in society. When intellectuals who generate ideas are surrounded by a wide range of others who disseminate those ideas-- whether as journalists, teachers, staffers to legislators or clerks to judges-- the influence of intellectuals on the way a society evolves can be huge. Trying for years to understand the nature of that influence eventually led me to write the book "Intellectuals and Society," which has just been published.
Intellectuals generate ideas and ideas matter, whether those ideas are right or wrong, and they matter...
Intellectuals and Society
Intellectuals seem to always be that way.
I believe they pride themselves of thinking outside the box.
Amazing good and bad has resulted.
The Founding Fathers were intellectuals.
They also had practical life experience as business people, surveyors, farmers. Intellectuals without their feet on the ground seem quite dangerous.