http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/01/03/you-cant-own-knowledge-great-essays-in-joi-itos-great-book/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:39:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/01/03/you-cant-own-knowledge-great-essays-in-joi-itos-great-book/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Graeme Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:20:36 +0000 http://ovenell-carter.com/blog/?p=197#comment-46 I also completely agree that access to information is going to be just as important as the information itself. I initially said that knowledge is free because I have internet access, and an education to use it. I can see your point clearly however that without this access, and without the education (or life experiences) required, I wouldn't know the speed of gravity, or the content of popular novels. An interesting line - how to make the information free, but to allow people to use this information to create, and be protected... I also completely agree that access to information is going to be just as important as the information itself. I initially said that knowledge is free because I have internet access, and an education to use it. I can see your point clearly however that without this access, and without the education (or life experiences) required, I wouldn’t know the speed of gravity, or the content of popular novels. An interesting line – how to make the information free, but to allow people to use this information to create, and be protected…

]]> http://www.ovenell-carter.com/2009/01/03/you-cant-own-knowledge-great-essays-in-joi-itos-great-book/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Graeme Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:45:08 +0000 http://ovenell-carter.com/blog/?p=197#comment-45 It's such a fine line between knowledge and ideas. Knowledge is already free - I know that things fall at 9.81 m/s2, I know that people who solve crimes are interesting, I know that people pay money for adds in magazines. But to be able to USE this knowledge to create a clock using gravity, to write a book about a detective, or to make millions selling adds on the internet, those are good ideas. He needs to allow for people to have and protect their ideas, no? It’s such a fine line between knowledge and ideas. Knowledge is already free – I know that things fall at 9.81 m/s2, I know that people who solve crimes are interesting, I know that people pay money for adds in magazines. But to be able to USE this knowledge to create a clock using gravity, to write a book about a detective, or to make millions selling adds on the internet, those are good ideas. He needs to allow for people to have and protect their ideas, no?

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