From the anti-vaccination movement to citizen blogging to uninformed attacks on GMOs, the nation has witnessed a surge in intellectual egalitarianism. While increased access to information undoubtedly brings some societal benefits, the leap to enlightenment that millions of lightly educated people believe they make after scouring WebMD or Wikipedia undermines established sources of knowledge.
From the anti-vaccination movement to citizen blogging to uninformed attacks on GMOs, the nation has witnessed a surge in intellectual egalitarianism. While increased access to information undoubtedly brings some societal benefits, the leap to enlightenment that millions of lightly educated people believe they make after scouring WebMD or Wikipedia undermines established sources of knowledge.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tom Nichols is Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College, an adjunct professor at the Harvard Extension School, and a former aide in the U.S. Senate. He is also the author of several works on foreign policy and international security affairs, including The Sacred Cause, No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security, Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War, and The Russian Presidency.
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Preface Introduction. The Death of Expertise Chapter 1. Experts and Citizens Chapter 2. How Conversation Became Exhausting Chapter 3. Higher Education: The Customer Is Always Right Chapter 4. Let Me Google That for You: How Unlimited Information Is Making Us Dumber Chapter 5. The "New" New Journalism, and Lots of It Chapter 6. When the Experts Are Wrong Conclusion. Experts and Democracy
Preface Introduction. The Death of Expertise Chapter 1. Experts and Citizens Chapter 2. How Conversation Became Exhausting Chapter 3. Higher Education: The Customer Is Always Right Chapter 4. Let Me Google That for You: How Unlimited Information Is Making Us Dumber Chapter 5. The "New" New Journalism, and Lots of It Chapter 6. When the Experts Are Wrong Conclusion. Experts and Democracy
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