Knowledge hoarding

But if a man, having the gold of truth, lazily hoards it, too idle to seek to put it out to interest, or from any other motive misuses it, then is that man rich in knowledge but poor in love to his fellowman and thus intellectually despising him, he will find it hard to enter into the kingdom, and regeneration will not come near him. 

With the Internet, and whatever lies beyond it, the nature of knowledge has changed from solid to liquid. Knowledge once was a commodity that was hoarded and traded like gold. Now it is more like water, only of value when it is flowing and freely available to all. 

It is interesting to note that even in a country without tradition for the collection of spent batteries (all types) and of waste electrical and electronic equipment, the collection mode represents one of the three major ways for discarding used equipment. (N.B. In France the official SCRELEC campaign did only start one year before the hoarding study was performed). When this survey was performed, the existence of this national collection program had not yet reached a high level of knowledge by the consumer. 

Hierarchical and information hoarding Knowledge creating and sharing... 

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