Tom Nichols on the Death of Expertise
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Tom Nichols is an academic specialist on international affairs, currently a professor at the U.S. Naval War College and at the Harvard Extension School. His work deals with issues involving Russia, nuclear weapons, and national security affairs. He was previously a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Nichols taught international relations as well as Soviet and Russian Affairs at Dartmouth College and Georgetown University. He was also a fellow in the International Security Program at the Harvard Kennedy School. Nichols was the Chairman of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College where he also held the Forrest Sherman Chair of Public Diplomacy. Nichols is a former Secretary of the Navy Fellow and also a fellow in the International Security Program and the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School.
\\nLYRICS:
\\nHaving strong opinions
\\nIs not the same as knowing things
\\nExperts are more likely to be right
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\\nNow we're all....
\\nGoogle-fuelled and wiki-fed
\\nConspiracies, easily led
\\nOur feelings matter more to us than facts
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\\nExperts say unanimously
\\nIt's the death of expertise
\\nDemocracy's in jeopardy
\\nWe're our own worst enemy
\\nthe death of expertise
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\\nIgnorance was made a virtue by
\\nSocial entrepreneurs who
\\nConfuse obscurantism with humility
\\n
\\nBut now we're
\\nall omnicompetent
\\nAnd demanding our entitlement
\\nOur society could quickly cease to function
\\n
\\nExperts say unanimously
\\nIt's the death of expertise
\\nDemocracy's in jeopardy
\\nWe're our own worst enemy
\\nthe death of expertise
\\n
\\nEnsuring all have equal rights
\\nDoesn't mean that all opinions are right
\\n
\\nAnd disagreeings not insulting
\\nSaying you're wrong's not saying you're stupid
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\\nIt's not elitist or undemocratic
\\nTo say that professionals know more about their work
\\nthan you do
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\\nExperts say unanimously
\\nIt's the death of expertise
\\nDemocracy's in jeopardy
\\nWe're our own worst enemy
\\n the death of expertise