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Jeff Bezos in the Lex Fridman podcast:
... See moreefficiency and invention are sort of at odds, because invention, real invention, not incremental improvement, incremental improvement is so important in every endeavor, in everything you do, you have to work hard on also just making things a little bit better. But I'm talking about real invention, real lateral
Are our creative brains eating the equivalent of mental junk food? đđ§
I immediately saw this and thought of the conversations weâve been having around the âthinking classâ - and how creativity, depth, critical thinking and even boredom are becoming luxuries.
They shouldnât be. And... See more
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The Dangerous Rise of Anti-Intellectualism
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hostility towards a certain form of expertise is in favour of someone e.g. denial of climate change is in the interest of energy producers
narrative of not getting higher education appeals to people because learning isnât comfortable but thatâs in favour of the people who want to stop you from questioning certain things (universities popular for standing up against the powers in place)
Anti-intellectualism has been an understudied concept in science communication, public policy and public opinion research, despite its clear import for understanding how and why citizens engage with expert advice and pseudo-scientific claims. The concept itself entered the scholarly lexicon with the work of Richard Hofstadter, who argued that... See more
Anti-intellectualism and the mass publicâs response to the COVID-19 pandemic - Nature Human Behaviour
the beginning of anti intellectualism as a research topic
In short, populist sentiment is likely a source of anti-intellectualism, though it is not likely to be the only one. Mistrust of intellectuals and experts can be rooted in, for example, religious fundamentalism, where intellectuals and experts are seen as a threat to religious authority. It can be fueled by ideology and partisanship, particularly... See more
Just a moment...
As you can see, Iâm over the âwhataboutismsâ in the comment section of any video that requires you to think critically. I can be as clear and concise as humanistically possible in a video and people will still bring up irrelevant exceptions that have no bearing on the point being made. #whataboutisms #medialiteracy #literacycrisis... See more
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