In the reading The Politics of Research by Martin there is a clear picture of how researchers are influenced by corporate interests, government and so on. As a result there is a limit to who quality research is available. Because of the existence of these powerful groups, knowledge become corrupt to the point where it is controlled. Just like in ancient civilizations where the librarians kept and controlled the flow of information and in turn putting a choke on new discoveries, the same thing is happening today. The only difference is that the librarians are now powerful groups and government, who often have the power to dictate the flow of information and what knowledge is shared with citizens. As bad as this may sound, it is not obvious to most because everything is hidden in plain sight and the root all of it is money. Where there is money, there is power; Where there is power, there is control. Until we can find ways to work around the corruption, we- the people will always get the squeeze. The approval of Net Neutrality is a good step in the right direction.
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Is it a concept that the masses are oblivious, or have very little interest in. If I may add my time and thoughts. To think that ideas and discoveries, many that had manifested serendipitous, or well calculated for the very ascension -innovation, devices, ideas and methods- of humanity will always have “entities” (within the public view or private) limiting the populace access to them. For they are firm believers of the fact that knowledge often invoke power from the ones who harness it. They (the elite, of course) will always try to invest, and seize the achievements though “sponsorships”, grants, laws, slavery (debt is the most effective form of it) and crooked contracts. I must reverting back, to fact that mankind is capable of obtaining the knowledge thought other means. But the time it will take to make it isn’t the problem. It’s the fact that, thought out history, from the Catholic Church during the Dark Ages, to destruction of The Library of Alexandria, global colonization, and warfare, the most valuable information often disappear into the hands of the few. If not completely destroyed. This is what the multitude should be, at most, concerned with. To prevent the distancing, and absences of information should be among our top priority.