Jason Smith

Jason Smith is an associate fellow of the Academy of Ideas and was previously partnerships manager for the Debating Matters Competition.
He writes and comments, on a freelance basis, about food, farming and attitudes toward the countryside and developments in agriculture. He has been a member of the Battle of Ideas organising committee since 2010 and produces many of the food-related sessions each year. He now spends his time helping companies with their communications and marketing.

Related Sessions
Sunday 20 October 2013, 3.30pm Cinema 3
Sunday 20 October 2013, 5.15pm Frobisher Auditorium 2

From open values to burqa bans: have Europeans lost the habit of tolerance?

"The rules of the game at The Battle of Ideas makes beating about the bush impossible. When you are given 5 minutes to make your point, you either say something essential, or you reveal that you have nothing really to say. This eliminates 'the unbearable lightness' of speculation that haunts public debate."
Albena Azmanova, social philosopher, political commentator and activist

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