On the emerging phenomenon of the 'Misinformation Expert': "Anyone with a reasonable grasp of the interface between human nature and man’s inherent epistemological limitations could not seriously entertain such a notion without choking on their hubris." https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/p/take-me-to-your-experts
There are so many quotable passages in Lippmann's classic, and several are scattered throughout my book with Dan O'Flaherty (link below). In fact we end the book with a quote from Lippmann:
"We can acknowledge our stereotypes, and—as Walter Lippmann urged almost a century ago—we can choose to “hold them lightly, to modify
them gladly.” For each of us in our daily lives, we can think of no better advice."
Can't resist posting one more Lippmann quote (also used in our book):
"Except where we deliberately keep prejudice in suspense, we do not study a man and judge him to be bad. We see a bad man. We see a dewy morn, a blushing maiden, a sainted priest, a humorless Englishman, a dangerous Red, a carefree bohemian, a lazy Hindu, a wily Oriental, a dreaming Slav, a volatile Irishman, a greedy Jew, a 100% American."
“…what Bernstein calls "Big Disinfo”, a “new field of knowledge production that emerged during the Trump years at the juncture of media, academia, and policy research.”
The intriguing and for me, the scariest part of this growing field of knowledge production, is the behind-the-scene’s role of the government’s security apparatus in trying to influence (censor?) media, academia, and policy research,…these efforts are often done through proxies. The security apparatus has a strong incentive to intervene and control messaging, and at the same time, and incentive to not be seen doing so.
I was searching scholarly research on the subject of interfering with the supposed spread of misinformation (really, methods of controlling the flow of narrative). There seems to be a large body of work. I believe th Chinese research refers to it as the spread of rumor. It looks to me like a huge amount of resources are being invested.
Thanks for this, Dan. This is super helpful. +1 for Lippmann. He's the best.
Hugo Mercier is a really great thinker. His other book The Enigma of Reason was brilliant as well.
One of the best!
On the emerging phenomenon of the 'Misinformation Expert': "Anyone with a reasonable grasp of the interface between human nature and man’s inherent epistemological limitations could not seriously entertain such a notion without choking on their hubris." https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/p/take-me-to-your-experts
There are so many quotable passages in Lippmann's classic, and several are scattered throughout my book with Dan O'Flaherty (link below). In fact we end the book with a quote from Lippmann:
"We can acknowledge our stereotypes, and—as Walter Lippmann urged almost a century ago—we can choose to “hold them lightly, to modify
them gladly.” For each of us in our daily lives, we can think of no better advice."
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674976597
Yeah it's such a quotable book. Thanks for this Rajiv - looks extremely interesting and relevant to my interests. I'll add it to the list.
Can't resist posting one more Lippmann quote (also used in our book):
"Except where we deliberately keep prejudice in suspense, we do not study a man and judge him to be bad. We see a bad man. We see a dewy morn, a blushing maiden, a sainted priest, a humorless Englishman, a dangerous Red, a carefree bohemian, a lazy Hindu, a wily Oriental, a dreaming Slav, a volatile Irishman, a greedy Jew, a 100% American."
The 100% American is priceless...
“…what Bernstein calls "Big Disinfo”, a “new field of knowledge production that emerged during the Trump years at the juncture of media, academia, and policy research.”
The intriguing and for me, the scariest part of this growing field of knowledge production, is the behind-the-scene’s role of the government’s security apparatus in trying to influence (censor?) media, academia, and policy research,…these efforts are often done through proxies. The security apparatus has a strong incentive to intervene and control messaging, and at the same time, and incentive to not be seen doing so.
https://foundationforfreedomonline.com/usaid-internal-documents-reveal-government-plot-to-promote-censorship-initiatives/
https://www.racket.news/p/report-on-the-censorship-industrial-74b
I was searching scholarly research on the subject of interfering with the supposed spread of misinformation (really, methods of controlling the flow of narrative). There seems to be a large body of work. I believe th Chinese research refers to it as the spread of rumor. It looks to me like a huge amount of resources are being invested.