ignorance - Fresh Lime Soda

A little ignorance can be a good thing

Nov 9, 2025 5 min read

Picture a city where most drivers use the same navigation app. At 9 am, the app says one side street is the quickest shortcut to get from area A to area B. Thousands of commuters accept this option an…

In defence of ignorance

Apr 29, 2020 5 min read

Analysis Culture conspiracy theories Dunning-Kruger effect expertise fear of missing out FOMO hot air human psychology ignorance information overload Jose Luis Borges social media The Souffle the thing itself Twitter

Wish I may, wish I might Have this wish, I wish tonight I want that star, I want it now I want it all and I don't care how Metallica, King Nothing I'm a news editor who frequently uses Twitt…

Two sides of the road and the gutter next to it

Oct 3, 2019 3 min read

Culture Op-eds bias Bob Woodward Donald Trump ignorance Jay Rosen Kary Mullis Nobel Prizes objectivity Omar Kelly Poynter Richard Feynman Surjit Bhalla Swarajya Mag The New York Times victim-blaming victimisation view from nowhere women in STEM

I have a mid-October deadline for an essay so obviously when I started reading up on the topic this morning, I ended up on a different part of the web – where I found this: a piece by a journalist tal…