I would argue its over relying on complexity management solutions, so less a problem of experts but the inability or unwillingness to live with degrees of uncer

I would argue its over relying on complexity management solutions, so less a problem of experts but the inability or unwillingness to live with degrees of uncertainty and manage your confidence/trust accordingly. The whole expert thing becomes really problematic once people start making circular arguments to justify their existence and then promptly overrely. So the perceived necessity or benefit of having an expert means there has to be somebody you can trust. Which you then promptly overdo without functioning checks and balances. Expertise cant stem from demonstrated conviction and cant require trust, thats is describing religion and Ponzi schemes. You arent doing experts any favor by treating them as such, at best they still all have incomplete expertise and cant shoulder your reckless levels of trust.