Monday, May 26, 2003

Experts and The Threat of the Net Thinking back to the discussion at Vanderbilt led by Weinberger and AKMA,  and the debate that arose over the nature, role, status,  and value of "the expert",  I was just thinking about the way the Church leaders of Luther's day looked at him and his use of "printing" as a channel to circulate his views.  They immediately procalimed the printing press as "evil" because it allowed "just anybody" to be heard by a larger public than they as "official leaders" had gained over the centuries.  The Church had,  in conjuntion and cahoots with the crown,  a mponopoly on the "truth" and the "education" of the day,  and so wielded enormous power.  Read more in Some Peasant Monk       comment [] 12:20:49 PM

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