‘Nervous States’
Will Davies
Thinking Between the Lines, 12th September
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“I think people in this country
have had enough of experts”
Michael Gove
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What’s in Decline?
What’s on the rise?
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A History of the Modern Fact – Mary Poovey
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What’s on the rise?
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The ‘real-time’ sensibility
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‘Chappe telegraph’
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What is knowledge good for?
A) To achieve agreement between a large number of people? Facts,
peace.
B) To react fastest to a changing world? Data, conflict