What does it mean to be an expert? In Rethinking Expertise, Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the pract
"If anyone knows anything about the web, where it's been and where it's going, it's David Weinberger. . . . Too Big To Know is an optimistic, if not somewhat ca
As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems des
The Limits of Expertise reports a study of the 19 major U.S. airline accidents from 1991-2000 in which the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found cre
In recent political debates there has been a significant change in the valence of the word “experts” from a superlative to a near pejorative, typically acco