# Why Does Knowledge Feel Less Secure to Educated People by Gloria Origgi > “Why do even the most educated people today feel that their grip on what they can truly know is weaker than ever before?” > **— Gloria Origgi**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and locator:** [The Last Question — Gloria Origgi](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27623) — single question in the 2018 Annual Question response. - **Exact original excerpt:** “Why do even the most educated people today feel that their grip on what they can truly know is weaker than ever before?” - **Context and editing:** This is Gloria Origgi's question, not an asserted answer. - **Local Edge archive:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]], response EDGE2018-121. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Information Persistence in Complex Systems|Information Persistence in Complex Systems]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Knowledge Commons|Knowledge Commons]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Knowledge Commons|Knowledge Commons]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Why do even the most educated people today feel that their grip on what they can truly know is weaker than ever before?” — Gloria Origgi, 2018 Edge Annual Question, question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-gloria-origgi-knowledge-feel-less-secure-educated-people ```