Transparency is the new objectivity

So, that’s one sense in which transparency is the new objectivity. What we used to believe because we thought the author was objective we now believe because we can see through the author’s writings to the sources and values that brought her to that position. Transparency gives the reader information by which she can undo some of the unintended effects of the ever-present biases. Transparency brings us to reliability the way objectivity used to. This change is, well, epochal.

David Weinberger beschreibt in seinem Transparency is the new objectivity betitelten Text einen sehr interessanten Wandel. (via)