The Politicization of Expertise
Andy Coravos: When people ask what you do, they really seem to be asking who you are, putting the attention on people’s credentials within institutions (the nouns) rather than on their actions and contributions (how they live, work, and cultivate knowledge in their fields). Expertise is equated with the former, when it should be more about the latt... See more
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
Unfortunately, it has now become acceptable to think of the job of politician as one of the few that requires no training and no expertise. Amateurs are put into positions of immense power with only a rudimentary grasp of how governments actually work, how economies move, or how science shapes the world.
Geoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
Patrick Wyman: We’re not dealing with a crisis of expertise itself as much as a crisis of explanation. Far too many disciplines (most notably, epidemiology and public health over the last year) have run face-first into their inability to make the general public understand what they’re saying and why. .. All disciplines have their own technical lang... See more
future.a16z.com • 21 Experts on the Future of Expertise - Future
the most competent are also the least objective, because the most competent tend to be the most specialized, with a small potential set of employers they are afraid to alienate. This problem creates a detachment between ordinary people and experts, which fuels mistrust.