All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation. Walter Benjamin
An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. Nicholas Murray Butler, attributed
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. Sun Tzu
Television is altering the meaning of ‘being informed’ by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation ... Disinformation does not mean false information. It means misleading information – misplaced, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information – information that creates the illusion of knowing something, but which in fact leads one away from knowing. Neil Postman
I’ve looked at life from both sides now,
From and win and lose and still somehow
It’s life illusions I recall;
I really don’t know life at all. Joni Mitchell, Both Sides Now, song 1967
The general public doesn’t know what’s happening and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know. Noam Chomsky