Deliberate ignorance has been known as the 'Ostrich Instruction' in
law courts since the 1860s. It illustrates a recurring pattern in
history in which figureheads for major companies, political leaders
and industry bigwigs plead ignorance to avoid culpability. So why
do so many figures at the top still get away with it when disasters
on their watch damage so many people's lives? Does the idea that
knowledge is power still apply in today's post-truth world? A bold,
wide-ranging exploration of the relationship between ignorance and
power in the modern age, from debates over colonial power and
economic rent-seeking in the 18th and 19th centuries to the legal
defences of today, The Unknowers shows that strategic ignorance has
not only long been an inherent part of modern power and big
business, but also that true power lies in the ability to convince
others of where the boundary between ignorance and knowledge lies.
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