Wading through all the mumbo jumbo to just get back to basics
Daily Maverick | 14.06.2026 05:01
I am finding my way in a new place of work, ploughing through years of documents and files, and I am reminded of a hilarious but serious book, How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World, in which Francis Wheen explores the rise of nonsense, lies and fake news in modern society. Wheen argues that the world has become increasingly dominated by empty rhetoric, meaningless buzzwords and false information.
