How to Destroy Truth
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/patriotism-misinformation.html
David Brooks notes:
As Jonathan Rauch brilliantly writes in his book “The Constitution of Knowledge,” the acquisition of this kind of knowledge is also a collective process. It’s not just a group of people commenting on each other’s internet posts. It’s a network of institutions — universities, courts, publishers, professional societies, media outlets — that have set up an interlocking set of procedures to hunt for error, weigh evidence and determine which propositions pass muster.
These are the same principles as those of the scientific method. An individual may be dumb, Rauch notes, but the whole network is brilliant, so long as everybody in it adheres to certain rules: No one gets the final say (every proposition might be wrong). No claim to personal authority (who you are doesn’t determine the truth of what you say, the evidence does). No retreat to safety (you can’t ban an idea just because it makes you feel unsafe).
Attack of the COVID Zombies
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/separating-healthy-firms-from-corporate-zombies-by-luigi-zingales-2021-07
All too often, entrepreneurs and managers use the threat of massive layoffs to extract large unwarranted subsidies. After the COVID-19 pandemic, workers should get to decide whether such assistance is justified.
America the Beautiful, Revised Version
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-02/4th-of-july-american-history-is-better-when-it-is-revised
Only the Incompetent Need Apply
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/republicans-incompetence.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/patriotism-misinformation.html
David Brooks notes:
As Jonathan Rauch brilliantly writes in his book “The Constitution of Knowledge,” the acquisition of this kind of knowledge is also a collective process. It’s not just a group of people commenting on each other’s internet posts. It’s a network of institutions — universities, courts, publishers, professional societies, media outlets — that have set up an interlocking set of procedures to hunt for error, weigh evidence and determine which propositions pass muster.
These are the same principles as those of the scientific method. An individual may be dumb, Rauch notes, but the whole network is brilliant, so long as everybody in it adheres to certain rules: No one gets the final say (every proposition might be wrong). No claim to personal authority (who you are doesn’t determine the truth of what you say, the evidence does). No retreat to safety (you can’t ban an idea just because it makes you feel unsafe).
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/separating-healthy-firms-from-corporate-zombies-by-luigi-zingales-2021-07
All too often, entrepreneurs and managers use the threat of massive layoffs to extract large unwarranted subsidies. After the COVID-19 pandemic, workers should get to decide whether such assistance is justified.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-02/4th-of-july-american-history-is-better-when-it-is-revised
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/republicans-incompetence.html