The book reviewed today was The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters, by Tom Nichols. According to the author:
Americans have reached a point where ignorance, especially of anything related to public policy, is an actual virtue.
Or as I would put it, there's a reason you don't want me piloting your plane, performing open heart surgery on your father or even working on your car. I don't have the expertise.
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I just bought "The Death of Expertise"!
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