A World to Win: Ignorance Is Power w/ Linsey McGoey
This week, Grace speaks to Linsey McGoey, professor of sociology at the University of Essex and author of The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World and No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy.
July 16, 2021
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July 16, 2021
A World to Win: Ignorance Is Power w/ Linsey McGoey
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A World to Win: Ignorance Is Power w/ Linsey McGoey
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<p>This week, Grace speaks to Linsey McGoey, professor of sociology at the University of Essex and author of <a href="https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/the-unknowers-how-strategic-ignorance-rules-the-world-linsey-mcgoey/" rel="nofollow"><i>The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World</i></a> and <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2344-no-such-thing-as-a-free-gift" rel="nofollow"><i>No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy</i></a>.</p><p>They discuss how politicians make use of ignorance and uncertainty, the difference between ignorance and deliberate misinformation, and why, if "knowledge is power," ignorance is too.</p><p>You can support our work on the show by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod" rel="nofollow">becoming a Patron</a>. Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the <a href="https://www.lipman-miliband.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">Lipman-Miliband Trust</a> for making this episode possible.</p>
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