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If we are serious about “a better life for everyone” in a knowledge society, the most obvious and most probably the ultimate condition to achieve this would be to ensure genuine quality of knowledge against the reign of ignorance in whatever format it may emerge and to involve everybody in a situation of collective intelligence for the achievement of this dream. Not the mere acceptance of knowledge, but the certainty that we are talking of “the right kind of knowledge” is at issue.
Serious reflection is required about true knowledge in its dynamic complexity and the obstacles in the way of achieving it of which ignorance is its biggest enemy. It is indicated to what extent an alternative territory of thought may be the answer since this will enable humans to develop an insight into the threats of ignorance and the sources thereof, to contemplate a genuine knowledge of knowledge, to engage in collective intelligence activities that will help to overcome the threats and will contribute to the building of an authentic knowledge society for the benefit of all.
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De Beer, C.S. (2009). Against the Reign of Ignorance. In: Lytras, M.D., Ordonez de Pablos, P., Damiani, E., Avison, D., Naeve, A., Horner, D.G. (eds) Best Practices for the Knowledge Society. Knowledge, Learning, Development and Technology for All. WSKS 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04757-2_37
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