Why the Crisis of Expertise Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Maarten van Doorn
6 min readMay 29, 2019

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These days, sitting at McDonald's, it is possible to consume virtually every possible point of view on just about anything before you’re halfway through your burger.

Economist Tyler Cowen estimates that the single biggest recent change in Western life has been the dramatic decline in the cost and inconvenience of getting information.

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Maarten van Doorn

Essays about why we believe what we do, how societies come to a public understanding about truth, and how we might do better (crazy times)