The Hidden Wisdom of Knowing in the AI Era

The very notion of expertise *is* increasingly fragile in our hyper-connected age. Authority, once vested in demonstrable skill and deep knowledge, *faces* relentless challenges from myriad directions. This erosion *raises* profound questions about how we acquire, validate, and utilize knowledge itself. Socio-political phenomena like "The Death of Expertise" involve factors like excessive egalitarianism and confirmation bias. Complementary critiques focus on technology's cognitive consequences. Our attention must turn inward, examining the cognitive consequences of our digital tools. The medium of information delivery fundamentally reshapes our thinking processes.