The Evolving Nature of Knowledge

Study Notes

The status of knowledge is altered in the postindustrial and postmodern age.
Scientific knowledge is a discourse, and language has been a leading science and technology for the last 40 years.
The miniaturization and commercialization of machines are changing the way learning is acquired, classified, made available, and exploited.
Knowledge is produced to be sold and consumed to be valorized in a new production.
Knowledge has become the principle force of production in the last few decades.
Knowledge as an informational commodity is a major stake in worldwide competition for power.
Learning is becoming obsolete and will become ever more so.
Economic powers are imperiling the stability of the state through new forms of the circulation of capital.
Transformation in the nature of knowledge could well have repercussions on the existing public powers, forcing them to reconsider their relations with large corporations and civil society.
Learning could circulate along the same lines as money, and the pertinent distinction would no longer be between knowledge and ignorance, but rather between “payment knowledge” and “investment knowledge”.
The text discusses the exchange of knowledge in a daily maintenance framework versus optimizing project performance.
Communicational transparency is compared to liberalism.
Liberalism allows for some channels of money flow to be used in decision making and others for debt payment.
Similar flows of knowledge could be imagined with channels reserved for decision makers and others for repaying social debt.
The concept of perpetual debt is mentioned in relation to social bond.
The text suggests a potential divide between knowledge used for survival versus optimizing performance.
There may be different types of knowledge flows within an organization.
Decision makers may have access to certain channels of knowledge flow.
Social debt is highlighted as a factor in knowledge exchange.
The text implies the importance of understanding and managing knowledge flows within an organization.

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Take our quiz on the evolving nature of knowledge in the postindustrial and postmodern age. Test your understanding of how language, technology, and economic powers are changing the way knowledge is produced, consumed, and circulated. Explore the concept of knowledge as a commodity and its impact on worldwide competition for power. Discover the potential divide between knowledge used for survival versus optimizing performance and the importance of managing knowledge flows within an organization. Challenge yourself with thought-provoking questions and gain a deeper understanding of the transformation