The Evolving Nature of Knowledge

Questions and Answers

What is the status of knowledge in the postindustrial and postmodern age?

It has remained the same

It has increased in importance (correct)

It has decreased in importance

It is no longer necessary

What has been a leading science and technology for the last 40 years?

Mathematics

Language (correct)

Physics

Biology

How are machines changing the way learning is acquired?

They are making it more accessible (correct)

They are making it more difficult

They are not affecting it

They are making it more expensive

Why is knowledge produced?

To be sold Signup and view all the answers

What has become the principle force of production in the last few decades?

Knowledge Signup and view all the answers

What is a major stake in worldwide competition for power?

Knowledge as an informational commodity Signup and view all the answers

What is becoming obsolete?

Learning Signup and view all the answers

What is imperiling the stability of the state?

Economic powers Signup and view all the answers

What could have repercussions on the existing public powers?

Transformation in the nature of knowledge Signup and view all the answers

What could be the pertinent distinction between knowledge and ignorance?

Payment knowledge and investment knowledge Signup and view all the answers

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.

Description

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