LAWRENCE MARTIN notes:
“There’s another
book out about how dumb America is getting. In The Death of Expertise, Tom
Nichols takes things a step further than other analysts of the decaying
American mind. He goes so far as to say “ignorance has become hip.”
Yep, in the most
powerful country on Earth, the less you know, the cooler you are.
“The United States is now a country obsessed with the worship of its own ignorance,” alleges Dr. Nichols, a professor at Rhode Island’s Naval War College. Expertise is being replaced “with the insistence that every opinion on any matter is as good as any other.””
“The United States is now a country obsessed with the worship of its own ignorance,” alleges Dr. Nichols, a professor at Rhode Island’s Naval War College. Expertise is being replaced “with the insistence that every opinion on any matter is as good as any other.””
