It is always touted that the wheel was a major step forward in western civilization. Where the land is flat and rivers non traversable this may have been the case, but for me the written word is the most important concept that modern man has created. I believe that through the written word, rather than the word of mouth that has helped promote legend and possibly the big "R". Through the written word our knowledge has built up each generation, word upon word. It spawned the Renaissance, which spawned the industrial age, and the electronic age.
Now the electronic age
has spawned the internet and the internet has spawn 
limitless publishing of any quality (including the KAK here) and our knowledge spread per person is increasing and widening each second, of each minute of each day. Just take a look at the gigabytes of information that is stored on Gmail, or Blogger or Wordpress to name a few.We have either reached a point where knowledge is so accessible that it is becoming instantly available almost anywhere. So where is the power in knowledge? I believe it is now in the ability for filter the relevant to the non relevant. Yes relevant – since relevance is the operative word. Knowledge is only knowledge if it is relevant.
So here's to all the blogs, and all the no wholes barred stuff that is published, since the relevance of it will determine how it is perceived.
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