The Intellectual in the Infosphere

Section: The Chronicle Review
Volume 53, Issue 27, Page B6

By PETER J.M. NICHOLSON

What qualifies as intellectual authority today is changing fundamentally. People are much less prepared to defer to the acknowledged experts in various fields. At the same time, however, we are being swamped with data and information — a glut that cries out for analysis and summary. So there is a dilemma: Whom do we turn to?

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