By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026To a large extent, we have to trust the *process*: trust it to be a well-administered truth-seeking exercise that does its best to find the correct answer to complex, technical questions. 1621
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026When the state is manifestly bad at doing its job, we *still* have to answer these complex, technical questions, but (lacking both the expertise to draw an informed conclusion *and* a reliable process by which expert disagreements can be settled), we're left helpless to do so. 1511
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026It's enough to drive you to despair: pluralistic.net/2024/03/25/b... This is an essay about anti-trust.pluralistic.netPluralistic: Conspiratorialism and the epistemological crisis (25 Mar 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1355