Knowledge Power Debate

The cluster debates the value, power, and risks of knowledge, distinguishing between mere access, true understanding (grokking), application, intelligence, and sharing, while questioning if more knowledge is always beneficial.

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Sample Comments

slowpoke Jul 21, 2011 View on HN

What's bad about more knowledge?

denidoman Apr 14, 2025 View on HN

Tools is not the problem. Knowledge is.

pklausler Jun 29, 2017 View on HN

Not all knowledge sits on the frontier of yours.

rbanffy Mar 4, 2022 View on HN

Any form of knowledge can do that.

FetusP Jan 29, 2024 View on HN

Why does knowledge we don't have matter?

pompino Feb 19, 2024 View on HN

That is an interesting opinion, what sort of knowledge are referring to ?

bane Feb 13, 2013 View on HN

it's the difference between knowledge and groking I suppose.

edpazu Dec 14, 2017 View on HN

assuming any knowledge was actually gained.

fsflover Apr 7, 2023 View on HN

Giving access to knowledge to people is the opposite of nothing.

tux1968 Dec 16, 2016 View on HN

There's a difference between knowledge and intelligence.