Nervous States: lecture by Prof William Davies

Why can't we agree on what is true anymore? First lecture in the series Thinking Between the Lines: truth, lies and fiction in an age of populism

Transcript

1. ‘Nervous States’ Will Davies Thinking Between the Lines, 12th September
6. “I think people in this country have had enough of experts” Michael Gove
9. What’s in Decline? What’s on the rise?
10. A History of the Modern Fact – Mary Poovey
11. 1676 1662
14. What’s on the rise?
16. The ‘real-time’ sensibility
17. ‘Chappe telegraph’
19. 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