The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable · chapter 6 · id the-black-swan-c6-07-taleb-coined-the-term-epistemo
“Taleb coined the term 'epistemocracy' -- governance by those who acknowledge the limits of their knowledge, as opposed to 'epistocracy' (rule by the knowledgeable) or technocracy.”
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Wikipedia: The Black Swan (book)source alive
Taleb proposes 'epistemocracy' as a form of governance prioritizing awareness of epistemic limitations over claims of expertise.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Sextus Empiricussource alive
Pyrrhonian skepticism advocates suspension of judgment and acting on appearances rather than dogmatic certainty -- a philosophical ancestor of epistemocratic governance.
FEE: Hayek's Knowledge Problemsource alive
Hayek's insight that economic knowledge is fundamentally dispersed and cannot be centralized provides the economic basis for valuing epistemic humility in governance.
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