The Pathetic Pundit Playbook
Andrew McAfee,
Andrew McAfee’s Blog,
Nov 09, 2012
I don't want to linger on this topic too much longer, but the criticisms of punditry apply equally well to those in our business as much as they apply to those writing about politics. How often in ed tech have you seen commentators do the following?
- minsunderstand basic concepts
- change the topic
- double down on intuition and gut feel
- claim to have privileged 'better' information
- try to overturn reality
"We probably can't stop hearing from pundits when it comes to elections, markets, trends, and so on. But we can certainly stop listening to them." Oh - yes, and I'm included in that. If I start playing pundit rather than practitioner, move on to a more reliable read.
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