A glance at the situation shows that the physical and external means of collecting information in regard to what is happening in the world have far outrun the intellectual phase of inquiry and organization of its results.
Dewey points out the disparity between the rapid collection of information and the slower intellectual processing of that information.
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That and that only gives reality to public opinion.
We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.
Systematic and continuous inquiry into all the conditions which affect association and their dissemination in print is a precondition of the creation of a true public.
Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.