Intellectual Authority and Its Discontents
sources, how could we tell truth from error? Or, in a more sinister vein, honest research from manipulation?
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
What can we trust? Why is the 'information ecology' so damaged, and what would it take to make it healthy? This is a fundamental question, because without good sensemaking, we cannot even begin to act in the world. It is also a central concern in what many are calling the "meaning crisis", because what is meaningful is connected to what is real.
Daniel Schmachtenberger • The War on Sensemaking, Daniel Schmachtenberger
process of accreditation, usually entailing many years of higher education. Persons in authority have had to jump through hoops of fire to achieve their lofty posts—and feel disinclined to pay attention to anyone who has not done the same. Lasting authority, however, resides in institutions rather than in the persons who act and speak on their
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