Weekly Filet #147: The Death of Expertise. And more.
An academic's cri de coeur and an important essay: Tom Nichols analyses the perilous rise of the notion that «everyone’s opinion about anything is as good as anyone else’s.» While I certainly do not share his opinion that this development was «Google-fueled, Wikipedia-based», his description of the status quo and its effects on society is spot on.
→ The Death Of Expertise (The Federalist)
A treasure trove: 310 freely available documentaries from 31 different subject areas (politics, nature, mass culture, technology drugs, history, sports, just to name a few). Happy watching.
→ Down The Rabbit Hole We Go! 300+ Mind Expanding Documentaries (DIY Genius)
A wonderful, personal essay by Jonathan Harris (whose work I've featured in the Weekly Filet before) on living in chapters and getting stuck.
→ Navigating Stuckness (Transom)
I am fascinated by how images of an action figure can be full of melancholia and stoicism.
→ The Secret Life Of Miniature Batman (Bored Panda)
It's a long held fantasy that humans will one day colonise other planets. We might have been looking at the wrong parts of space.
→ Why colonize planets when you can colonize outer space? (Dvorak Uncensored)