For most of human history, the media has operated on a broadcast model. Some were licensed to speak, and others expected to listen. From Plato’s suspicion of unregulated writing to technocrats defending expertise, authority was centralised and protected. But according to Steve Fuller, one of the founders of the field of social epistemology and a pioneer of post-truth philosophy, social media has destroyed this distinction. Join Fuller as he argues we are witnessing a radical democratisation of knowledge, with profound consequences for what is considered true and false, knowledge and nonsense.
Part One: Why the medium has always been the message
Part Two: Democratising knowledge in the age of post-truth
“Almost absurdly erudite… not a whiff of snobbishness.” – Scientific American
