from the edge of insanity

2007-06-14

Phrase of the Day

Today as I was walking back to my office from the cafeteria, pondering Kantian ethics, I came up with an idea for a phrase that needs to guide humanity.

Knowledge not shared is knowledge that is permanently lost.

I wrote that on my whiteboard when I got back. And it is truly the only way I think we will survive as a species.

If sharing knowledge (let's assume knowledge about productive concepts, like planting an organic garden in your local climate) became a universal law of nature, nothing but good could come of it.

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