Alex<p>Whenever someone talks about “democratizing” something (journalism, encyclopedia, fucking writing itself) they’re almost always taking an anti-democratic stance. Wonder how Musk and RFK Jr.—guys with no expertise in _anything_—became so powerful? Just look at the contempt the Wikipedians and François Chollets of the world have for actual experts and how these reactionary attitudes are easily adopted by those on the “left” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BooksToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksToRead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookLover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BooksAndAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksAndAuthors</span></a></p>