KNOWLEDGE IS NOT POWER
so let's stop pretending to ourselves propagatin' that knowledge is power. the slogan bugs me, and so do the ones that believe it. the two aren't even directly related. indirectly related yes. first of all ..in regards to power, i'll speak in reference to your civilization.... society, your peers, or even the entire global population.
think about it.. if knowledge was power... the libraries should be labeled so... and if that's the case, the internet could inherit the appropriate title of power as well. therefore, that'd mean that anyone who could click around on the net who was literate would have power to wield at their fingertips.. no. no no no no.
knowledge is useless unless you... EXPRESS IT. knowledge is actually quite damagin' to oneself if simply left there... as it'll either be forgotten or dwelled upon by only yourself, and if it's already absorbed into your brain to begin with, all the dwellin' in the world wouldn't bring greater understandin' of that information until you DECIDE to share it with others. ... so once expressin' this knowledge, your means of expression play the most pivotal part if knowledge is to have any relation to power. and that in itself requires knowledge once again.. and is a whole other topic on it's own....
only when your means of expression attracts ATTENTION will you then find a direct bond to power. their REACTIONS are the beginning to that single pulse of POWER. and that pulse of power carries it's wave thru all u have empowered, until it fades and no longer chains a reaction.
reactions are signs your power exists...which the ATTENTION measures.
ATTENTION IS POWER.
so let's stop pretending to ourselves propagatin' that knowledge is power. the slogan bugs me, and so do the ones that believe it. the two aren't even directly related. indirectly related yes. first of all ..in regards to power, i'll speak in reference to your civilization.... society, your peers, or even the entire global population.
think about it.. if knowledge was power... the libraries should be labeled so... and if that's the case, the internet could inherit the appropriate title of power as well. therefore, that'd mean that anyone who could click around on the net who was literate would have power to wield at their fingertips.. no. no no no no.
knowledge is useless unless you... EXPRESS IT. knowledge is actually quite damagin' to oneself if simply left there... as it'll either be forgotten or dwelled upon by only yourself, and if it's already absorbed into your brain to begin with, all the dwellin' in the world wouldn't bring greater understandin' of that information until you DECIDE to share it with others. ... so once expressin' this knowledge, your means of expression play the most pivotal part if knowledge is to have any relation to power. and that in itself requires knowledge once again.. and is a whole other topic on it's own....
only when your means of expression attracts ATTENTION will you then find a direct bond to power. their REACTIONS are the beginning to that single pulse of POWER. and that pulse of power carries it's wave thru all u have empowered, until it fades and no longer chains a reaction.
reactions are signs your power exists...which the ATTENTION measures.
ATTENTION IS POWER.
