Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Commentary on the upcoming Open Education Conference taking place in London next week with the theme "Speaking truth to power: open education and AI in the age of populism." We of course wish the author well as she recovers over the summer. I always consider it a relevant question to ask, "who is in power?" and "what counts as truth?" when it comes to "speaking truth to power". Sure, the Broligarchy is a suitable target deserving of some long-overdue criticism, but so also is the demographic that graces the TED stage and somehow has the ear of that elite audience.

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