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; Knowledge : The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning ; Society : A formal association of people with similar interests ; Knowledge Society : A formal association of people with similar interests, who try to make effective use of the vast wealth of knowledge in their area of interest to further nourish the area; and in the process, contribute their new learnings back to the knowledge pool. Shall we go for gnowledge rather than knowledge, starting from definition itself? CHARACTERISTICS OF A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY # Knowledge society is one in which Knowledge forms major component of any activity, particularly economics # Knowledge society/economy is one in which Knowledge becomes major product and raw material. # Not just economics, but social, cultural, and all other human activities become dependent on huge volume knowledge and information.
WHY ARE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES INCREASINGLY RELEVANT IN THE PRESENT AGE? Information/Knowledge is vital component of formation of any society. Every society is formed around some shared concepts. One of the contributions of Globalisation and new ICT is creation of a global society with a shared knowledge of issues and possibilities. 'Materialistic resources and its processing (using man power/machine power)' - referred to as E henceforth - have been the basis of economical growth. Music, art forms, path-breaking thought streams, mixing of cultural attributes of different societies bringing in new cultural attributes, etc. - referred to as C henceforth - result in cultural development and act as a catalyst in entire social development. Now that the many societies have so matured that almost all the activities involved in E and C rely on existing knowledge base very much. This knowledge is available in written documents, written laws, unwritten laws, people's convictions, people's words in different languages etc. In the same way as the unequal distribution of materials (wealth in generalized term) caused unbalanced and inappropriate development of society to date, imbalances in the knowledge distribution, knowledge availability, knowledge sharing, etc. hinder the economic/cultural/social devlopment of human societies. The knowledge societies first realize the importance of knowledge and also the importance of proper knowledge distribution, sharing and building for social development. SHOULD KNOWLEDGE BE FREE OR CAPTIVE? # Knowledge by nature is free # Knowledge should be free for better benefit of society # Knowledge should be free for better development and crystallization of knowledge # The argument that freeing knowledge kills motivation for creating knowledge should be addressed. A VERY SMALL LIST OF SOCIETIES THAT CAN BLOSSOM TO KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES # People from the same field
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WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOES A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY NEED? # Traditional : meeting places, notice boards ... # Technology enabled : local language content sharing, mailing lists, web portals, wikis, chat rooms, video conferencing, virtual meetings, collaborative development environments, distance education ... Free Software Movement is a success story of Knowledge society The term is frequently used by Politicians , Policy-makers , Journalists and by scientists in the Foresight social studies. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS (EXAMPLES)
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