Wow! Two of my favorite communicators and thinkers in one place! Fantastic interview. Clarifying and bracing. Really appreciate the attention to communications and epistemology. Thank you.
So much to appreciate in this interview! Thank you both. It got a bit dark in the middle but I’m jazzed by the last 1/3 speculating about “epistemic anthropology.” I’ve obsessed for years about environmental messaging. Focusing on the upside is always best, for sure. And I agree with your insight not to lose sight of appeal of a good enemy. There are plenty of bad actors to skewer. I’m a big fan of humor, especially parody, to show their weakness.
I think you might want to consider the possibility that not all the very real epistemological problems with American education over the past decades are the fault of the Right. The Left has called for obedience rather than inquiry on a whole host of topics from racism to nutrition to medical advice to gender identity to economics. Yes, I think they tend to be more correct in most cases, most of the time. But when a charismatic authoritarian like Fauci proclaims "I am Science," it might be a warning sign that tribal obedience has replaced good faith argumentation in Blue states as well as Red.
Wow! Two of my favorite communicators and thinkers in one place! Fantastic interview. Clarifying and bracing. Really appreciate the attention to communications and epistemology. Thank you.
Thank you so much!!
So much to appreciate in this interview! Thank you both. It got a bit dark in the middle but I’m jazzed by the last 1/3 speculating about “epistemic anthropology.” I’ve obsessed for years about environmental messaging. Focusing on the upside is always best, for sure. And I agree with your insight not to lose sight of appeal of a good enemy. There are plenty of bad actors to skewer. I’m a big fan of humor, especially parody, to show their weakness.
Thank you!
Great article. Too bad the people that need to hear it won't read it.
I think you might want to consider the possibility that not all the very real epistemological problems with American education over the past decades are the fault of the Right. The Left has called for obedience rather than inquiry on a whole host of topics from racism to nutrition to medical advice to gender identity to economics. Yes, I think they tend to be more correct in most cases, most of the time. But when a charismatic authoritarian like Fauci proclaims "I am Science," it might be a warning sign that tribal obedience has replaced good faith argumentation in Blue states as well as Red.
Great article! Thank you for being such a straight shooter Dr Volts!