Welcome to "nothing but zeros"

I would like to welcome a new blog to the TQP blog roll. "Nothing but zeros - absurdities and hypocrisies in the age of assurance" joins the rather select group of social media sites featured on this blog. The mandate of this new site is, in the words of Rick Baker, scholar and cousin, is:

"We live in an age of assurance. Everywhere we turn, we are confronted with assertions of certainty. Government leaders, economic elites, religious figures, academics, news outlets, even celebrities – they all clamour to affirm their authority and proclaim their infallibility. And in providing us with their assurances, these figures of authority acquire more and more power over us.

But claims of certainty can only go so far before they start to reveal awkward inconsistencies. After a point, the more absolute the claim, the more numerous the resulting contradictions. This is the way forward. We critique the accumulation and exercise of undue power by exposing the inevitable absurdities and hypocrisies that emerge in its wake."

Enjoy.