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One of my favorite reads that has helped me navigate this post fact society is the short essay “On Bullshit” by Harry Frankfurt. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik
by _virtu 7y ago
One of my favorite reads that has helped me navigate this post fact society is the short essay “On Bullshit” by Harry Frankfurt.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit
It truly nails down the argument that bullshitting is far more dangerous than lying. With the current political climate it helps make a lot more sense of the craziness.
- Nicksil 7y agoNon-mobile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit
- _virtu 7y agoThanks for posting the non-mobile link. :)
- rahuldottech 7y agoA PDF of the same can be found here: https://uca.edu/honors/files/2018/10/frankfurt_on-bullshit.pdf https://uca.edu/honors/files/2018/10/frankfurt_on-bullshit.p...
- _virtu 7y agoAh wonderful. I also recommend the cute little book if you like physical versions.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoYeah. Bullshit is the Chaotic Evil of epistemology. (Key quote from the linked Wiki summary: "Frankfurt determines that bullshit is speech intended to persuade without regard for truth. The liar cares about the truth and attempts to hide it; the bullshitter doesn't care if what they say is true or false, but rather only cares whether their listener is persuaded.")
- udkl 7y agoOur president bullshits. WeWork bullshit. Frank was right on the mark 30 years ago!