Here Zhang keys in on something I have pondered on before: China has a broader class of public intellectuals than America does. In America, we have experts who vacillate between extreme expertise in a very narrow issue and general echoing of whatever their social milieu says pic.twitter.com/fRVSaL4Ihn

— T. Greer (@Scholars_Stage) June 24, 2020

Yes, yes, yes! This is exactly what I’ve been trying to get at when I say I do not trust or rely on experts. Good insight.