If we want to keep the world moving forward, while closing the disparity among the people, we need the people to have free access to it and be able to redistribute what's relevant to them.
Closing access to information to anyone does more harm than good, since it limits the options any given person or group to find a solution to whatever problem they might be facing. After all, if there is any way to get solutions is to know what is going on.
To get a clear picture of what is being faced, people need to be able to find information about it and to learn what others did whenever possible. If not, there can be disastrous consequences that could be avoided by simply allowing informations to be freely shared among people and communities.
Information is a common good, and is not something that can be owned by any person or entity. By allowing information to be owned, it's values decreases exponentially. Mainly because the information stops being useful because it can't be put in use in the benefit of the people. Almost all the value of any piece of information relies on being put into work by the people who needs it at any given moment in time.
If we want to make a fairer world to live in, where people can truly hope for a better future, knowledge most spread far wide. And knowledge depends on information, accurate information to be precise, which need to flow freely to those who need it.
So, let's support systems that promote easy and free access to information to the people.
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