The Death of Expertise Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Tom Nichols
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The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols Book Summary

People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level of education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Today, everyone knows everything: with only a quick trip through WebMD or Wikipedia, average citizens believe themselves to be on an equal intellectual footing with doctors and diplomats. All voices, even the most ridiculous, demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism. As Tom Nichols shows in The Death of Expertise, this rejection of experts has occurred for many reasons, including the openness of the internet, the emergence of a customer satisfaction model in higher education, and the transformation of the news industry into a 24-hour entertainment machine. Paradoxically, the increasingly democratic dissemination of information, rather than producing an educated public, has instead created an army of ill-informed and angry citizens who denounce intellectual achievement. Nichols has deeper concerns than the current rejection of expertise and learning, noting that when ordinary citizens believe that no one knows more than anyone else, democratic institutions themselves are in danger of falling either to populism or to technocracy-or in the worst case, a combination of both. The Death of Expertise is not only an exploration of a dangerous phenomenon but also a warning about the stability and survival of modern democracy in the Information Age.

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Book Name The Death of Expertise
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Negative tone, but not wrong. Nichols captures much of the cultural insanity that flattening of the information via the internet has caused. It identifies all of the factors in our current plight, but has no real solution. It is a negative read, with easy-to-read insights, but no real solutions are offered. Nichols isnā€™t wrong though.

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Is this a joke? Or a test?. Did I just stop reading a book about expertise and accuracy because Iā€™m so frustrated with all the errors? Yep, sure did. I agree with Nicholsā€™ message - expertise is on the ropes. However, you wonā€™t find new or helpful insights here. I bet that most people interested in this topic already understand the Dunning-Kruger effect and crave more substance than multiple references to Gweneth Paltrow. But, thereā€™s no reason to react to the substance and logic of Nicholsā€™ arguments because he fails to meet the minimum expectations of accuracy. Here are just 3 examples. Nichols quotes from an article which quoted from a 1943 NY Times article. Hereā€™s the quote from the article Nichols cited. ā€œIn 1943, after a survey of 7,000 college freshmen found that only six percent could identify the original 13 colonies (with SOME believing that Abraham Lincoln, ā€œour first president,ā€ ā€œemaciated the slavesā€), the New York Times lamented the nationā€™s ā€œappallingly ignorantā€ youth.ā€ Hereā€™s what Nichols said. ā€œNor was the early twentieth century a Periclean Age of culture and learning. In 1943, incoming college freshmenā€”only 6 percent of whom could list the original thirteen coloniesā€”named Abraham Lincoln as the first president and the one who ā€œemaciated [sic] the slaves.ā€ The New York Times saw those results and took a moment from reporting on World War II to lament the nationā€™s ā€œappallingly ignorantā€ youth.ā€ See the difference? ā€œSomeā€ plays an important role in how interpret those sentences. It doesnā€™t appear that Nichols took the time to read the NYT article from 1943. But, I did. 7,000 students were surveyed. Here is the relevant quote from the original article. ā€œMore than 100 students said that Lincoln had caused the Civil War. To others, Lincoln was famous because he had ā€œemaciated the slavesā€¦[and] various students said that he was the first President of the United States." How many is ā€œothersā€ or ā€œvarious"? Nobody knows. But, Nichols' suggests that a significant, if not majority, of students believed Lincoln was the first President. While the specific number is unknown, the context of the articles makes it clear the number was small. Next, Nichols grounds much of his anti-college screed by asserting ā€œthe fact of the matter is that more people than ever before are going to college.ā€ But, thatā€™s not a fact. Just go check the NCES data on the Department of Ed. website. Between 2009 and 2019, total undergraduate enrollment decreased 5 percent. The overall immediate college enrollment rate in 2019 was not measureabley different from the rate in 2010. In December 2015, the National Student Clearninghouse Research Center reported college enrollment had dropped 4 years in a row. Finally, he claims that The Day After was the most watched TV program in history when it debuted. That was November 1983. But, 12 million more households had watched the last episode of MASH earlier in the year. Also ahead of the The Day After, a Dallas episode from 1980. And Roots Part VIII had higher ratings and a bigger share, but fewer households, in 1977. these are just a few examples that immeriately jumped out. Iā€™m scarec to think what else I would find if I actually dug in with more purpose.

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