Knowledge is power. Information has been a valuable commodity, probably since man came into existence. We have built upon pieces of information, networking these ideas to help leap frog us to the next ground breaking idea. Now it takes a person years to learn the foundations to reach a new apex. Researching becomes expensive and important to understanding more about life. Martin’s article, The Politics of Research, gives us an in depth understanding at the complex value of research. The second article by Samuelson, Aaron Swartz: Opening Access to Knowledge, tells us of the lengths individuals will go to share research, and the extent of what people will do to protect it. Having research accessible is an important factor in developing new ideas. Research must be made available to everyone, to stimulate more ideas.
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I agree that information should be free to stimulate knowledge but some people work very hard and put in a lot of time to gather all this information they should deserve some type of profit from it. Although some people will think well this information is everywhere and I can just search it on the web. But the authors of this information take time out to actually gather this information which you need because it’s more efficient. We pay to save time. Let’s say a biology textbook you can either google all the topics separately and spend time searching each topic or you can buy the book in which all the information is put together for your better understanding.