Ivory Tower and The Internet's Own Boy ponder the market value of knowledge.
by J.R. Jones
Knowledge is power, the saying goes, though if you look at how the world actually works, ignorant rich people have a lot more power than knowledgeable poor ones. A more precise formulation might be that marketable knowledge is power, which is why your friend in the financial services industry rolls his eyes whenever you hold forth on the subject of French medieval poetry.…[ Read more ]