“The Death of Expertise” turns out to be an unexceptional book about an important subject. The volume is useful in its way, providing an overview of just how we arrived at this distressing state of affairs. Sign Up Receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. When confronted with hard evidence that they are wrong, many will simply double down on their original assertions. These developments, in turn, threaten to weaken the very foundations of our democracy.

Source: New York Times March 21, 2017 22:18 UTC