The Death of Expertise
> There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge”. See also book by Tom Nichols (a now-retired professor from U.S. Naval War College): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Expertise
Thanks for the recommendation. Have you read "The Death of Expertise"?
Somewhat of a counterpoint - I didn't make it all the way through this book, but I think it has an interesting thesis: The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters: https://amzn.to/3aHdIBB
For a second there I thought you said "Tom Nichols", who wrote multiple books on the un-seriousness of our modern society (such as The Death of Expertise), which is so fat and happy that it looks to government itself to entertain it. This ultimately leads to backsliding of democracies that we observe today.
>Um, why would you do that instead of waiting for someone more knowledgable to reply, and learn from? Replies are not mandatory, and experts/insiders participating is one of the best parts of the human Internet. Let them shine. As Isaac Asimov pointed out[0]: “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” This thread runs through many cultures and isn't just a problem on the Internet, although the Internet certainly has…