the death of expertise
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the death of expertise
We're on the frontier of figuring out trust and authority in the information age.
Infinite Play • Democratic Authority
Big institutions used to have unquestioned control over the narrative. Their dominance once seemed eternal. But now, they’re losing their monopoly over the dissemination of ideas.
David Perell • What the Hell Is Going On?
Most of the institutions that you or I interact with have deeply internalized the belief that, to be legitimate, knowledge must be gathered empirically and verified by an expert. We have become collectively dependent on third-party, professional expertise, and in the process, our basic human capacities for self-reflection, creative intuition, and s
... See moreCarol Sanford • No More Gold Stars: Regenerating Capacity to Think for Ourselves
For most of history, humanity’s challenge was how to acquire scarce information. There was hardly any good information to be found anywhere. It was locked up in difficult-to-reproduce manuscripts or stuck in the heads of scholars. Access to information was limited, but that wasn’t a problem for most people. Their lives and livelihoods didn’t requir
... See moreTiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
it will be easier to reject the status quo once we truly understand the haphazardness of its formation.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
