A World to Win // Ignorance Is Power w/ Linsey McGoey

<p>This week, Grace speaks to Linsey McGoey, professor of sociology at the University of Essex and author of <a href="https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/the-unknowers-how-strategic-ignorance-rules-the-world-linsey-mcgoey/">The Unknowers: How Strategic Ignorance Rules the World</a> and <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2344-no-such-thing-as-a-free-gift">No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy</a>.</p> <p>They discuss how politicians make use of ignorance and uncertainty, the difference between ignorance and deliberate misinformation, and why, if ‘knowledge is power’, ignorance is too.</p> <p>You can support our work on the show by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod">becoming a Patron</a>. Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the <a href="https://www.lipman-miliband.org.uk/">Lipman-Miliband Trust</a> for making this episode possible.</p>