Of course there has been an enormous increase in the amount of knowledge possessed by mankind, but it does not equal, probably, the increase in the amount of errors and half-truths which have got into circulation.
Dewey warns that the increase in knowledge is often accompanied by a rise in misinformation, a concern still relevant today.
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There is therefore no necessary connection between the private character of an act and its non-social or anti-social character.
The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.
Nor can the liberating and confirming results of public action be construed to yield a wholesale idealization of states in contrast with other associations.
What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.