The insanity of the political moment requires that we say clearly that open societies rely on a search for the truth, and evidence is the central player in that search.

So when oligarchs and politicians throw science and evidence on the bonfire, understand it as attempted cover-up; fundamentally immoral and self-serving. When business leaders go along with anti-evidence policy, see complicity. When civil society institutions fail to defend science and evidence, grasp the revolting cowardice.