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Problem Number 1: "Epistemology" is a Clunky Word

Hello everyone! This is the first post on my new blog about Knowledge Communication. As I was brainstorming this idea I mentally kept referring to it as "epistemic communication", but while I love epistemology as a subject it just doesn't roll of the tongue like "science communication" does. Basically with this blog I'm throwing out ideas while trying to get a sense of what's already floating in the air.

A.I. is a huge topic right now that's causing a lot of anxiety. For example this video was shared in a Discord server I'm in and honestly it made me laugh because it came off kind of narmy. I agree with the underlining message, but I felt the delivery wasn't accomplishing what it set out to accomplish. So! How do we do? We've pulled down the metaphorical fire alarm and it's time to take action.

Science communication is already doing critical work, but we need something moving in parallel with it- something more human-centered and user-aware. That’s where I think Knowledge Communication comes in. What I'm envisioning is a slow, de-centralized grassroots rhythm. As someone with chronic burnout and limited energy, I’m not aiming for scale. Instead I’m trying to make one clear, sustainable signal and trust that others might find their own way to join in.

Step one was to cut out the jargon. Rather than calling it "epistemic communication", I've decided to call it "knowledge communication" as the first step in making knowledge curation more accessible. However, if anyone else has a better name I'm all for it. This is going to be very much a "learn as we go" process.

In general,

Science Communication:

translates expert content

clarifies what we know

focuses on accuracy, literacy, and access

leans on institutional authority.

Whereas,

Knowledge communication:

cultivates epistemic presence

clarifies how we know

focuses on habits, self-awareness, and internal clarity

leans on relational trust

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About This Project

Science communicators like Hank Green and Milo Rossi are sounding the alarm about the impacts of generative A.I.

Science communication is the practice of translating complex scientific knowledge into clear, trustworthy, and engaging information for the public.

But facts alone won’t hold the line.

In addition to science communicators, I believe we now need KnowledgeCommunicators; people who help other people become more honest, courageous, and self-aware in how they know what they know.

The word philosophy comes from the Greek roots:

philo– meaning “love”

–sophia meaning “wisdom”

At its core, philosophy isn’t just an academic field, it’s the innate human longing to understand and to know.

Knowledge Communication isn’t about transmitting information from experts to the public. That’s already being done and being done well. Instead, knowledge communication about taking a human-centered approach to helping people curate, question, and care for their own knowledge. How? I suggest we take a Reading Rainbow approach- it’s about making people want to curate their own knowledge.

We create space. We model curiosity. We teach people to fall in love with wisdom again.