Re: Re: Re: Question about the economics of information

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Murray wrote:
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> If knowledge is power which it is,

_Some_ knowledge, _some_ times, held by _some_ people under _some_
conditions is an element, probably an essential element, in power. But
the cliche that Knowledge is Power in the abstract is usually trivial
and when not trivial, false.

I know that I corrected a couple of  typos in the preceding paragraph.
That knowledge could probably in some way be construed to constitute
some sort of power -- but that would be trivial.

My knowledge (or at least partial knowledge) of the _Grundrisse_
potentially, but by no means necessarily, gives me the "power" to
contribute to the formation of revolutionary thought in others, which in
turn, perhaps, will give them some power to contribute to a collective
mass power. But we're stretching it.

Carrol