I think I mostly agree with you about the long run, but I think we have more short-term hurdles that we need to overcome before we even make it to that point, probably. I will say that I’m optimistic that we haven’t yet thought of all the ways advances in tech will help collective epistemology rather than hinder it. I notice you didn’t mention debate; I am not confident debate will work but it seems like maybe it will.
In the short run, well, there’s also debate I guess. And the internet having conversations being recorded by default and easily findable by everyone was probably something that worked in favor of collective epistemology. Plus there is wikipedia, etc. I think the internet in general has lots of things in it that help collective epistemology… it just also has things that hurt, and recently I think the balance is shifting in a negative direction. But I’m optimistic that maybe the balance will shift back. Maybe.
I think I mostly agree with you about the long run, but I think we have more short-term hurdles that we need to overcome before we even make it to that point, probably. I will say that I’m optimistic that we haven’t yet thought of all the ways advances in tech will help collective epistemology rather than hinder it. I notice you didn’t mention debate; I am not confident debate will work but it seems like maybe it will.
In the short run, well, there’s also debate I guess. And the internet having conversations being recorded by default and easily findable by everyone was probably something that worked in favor of collective epistemology. Plus there is wikipedia, etc. I think the internet in general has lots of things in it that help collective epistemology… it just also has things that hurt, and recently I think the balance is shifting in a negative direction. But I’m optimistic that maybe the balance will shift back. Maybe.