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US society, discourse, media, and government structures have sidelined experts to the extent we’ve finally managed to forget they exist. Instead we’re left wit
by djcapelis 6y ago
US society, discourse, media, and government structures have sidelined experts to the extent we’ve finally managed to forget they exist. Instead we’re left with reporters who write articles that bemoan that since they’re lost and unable to determine truth in a sea of technology, we all must be.
- opportune 6y agoYeah, to me this just looks like a journalist complaining that they shouldn't be expected to understand the things they write about. There are hundreds of people who more or less understand any given product or project with large impact. Society just doesn't care what they think. Why listen to an accomplished engineer who might very well have lots of opinions on the impact of technology, when we can complain that our graduate degrees in American studies [0]didn't prepare us to understand the complex systems in the technology industry? [0] Not trying to strawman here, but since the author of TFA thought it was relevant to include, I think it's fair game
- syshum 6y ago>>journalist I dont think we have any of those any more, if we do they are few and far between and I would venture to guess that none of them work for Wired
- chiefalchemist 6y agoYou're spot on. This is a great reference, especially when I try to to reason with people who misuse and misunderstand the word. https://kottke.org/20/01/jim-lehrers-rules-of-journalism-1 https://kottke.org/20/01/jim-lehrers-rules-of-journalism-1