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Serious journalists often imagine society is adrift because people don't know certain things. Yet often, they know but just don't care. So the task of serious journalism isn't just to lay out truths. It is to make vital truths compelling to a big audience.

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Alain de Botton
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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City of Zurich
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