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Can the Open Society survive the information age?

We are living in an age of unprecedented transparency, but is our openness undermining rather than strengthening liberal societies? In the latest edition of our online magazine Research for the World, J McKenzie Alexander asks, has this aspect of the Open Society become its own worst enemy?

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