To pay the piper

As in any field of knowledge you have experts. Experts cost when they are linked to the powerful and large organizations. Realistically this is how the world works. I have the knowledge and you want it. It will cost you. That is seen in many ways, shapes, and forms in any discipline that is connected to an organization be it government or corporate. While today we have a wider array of gaining knowledge via the internet. The fiefdoms still guard the walls of their specialized areas jealously and only once you have paid the gate keeper will you be allowed in. But do not look too closely lest you be banished for wanting to see deep within the secret areas not fully understood by anyone but the experts. In some cases parts of this reading is like a look into medieval times with lords and wizards guarding their hoards of knowledge. Suffice to say there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to human nature. I have it and you want it and we must come to an agreement before you get it.