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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 11:47:23 -0500 From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com> Subject: HAYEKWEB: V Postrel on Hayek & 'Information'
Hayek on the Web <<
"Knowledge at a Cost" by Virginia I. Postrel, editor of _Reason_ magazine, on the Web at:
http://www.reasonmag.com/opeds/vpasap0695.html
From "Knowledge at a Cost":
".. The "information is free" school of thought also tends to assume that information magically appears in computer networks.
It's "information wants to be free". A subtle but profound distinction.
Nobel laureate F.A. Hayek, one of the earliest economic theorists of the role of knowledge, would have recognized the problem. Organizations overcome such difficulties through compromise and negotiation, or they break down. But society as a whole can avoid the "knowledge problem" only at the cost of stamping out individuality.
It's a real pitty Hayek never tried 'cooperation' instead of 'compromise'. Oh, the short-short sightedness of ego and tryanny. What is the line of reasoning that the *only* solution for society is to stamp out individuality? Sounds more like wishful thinking from some brain-dead drone with no imagination or respect for others. Perhaps he should have stuck with economics and kept away from sociology. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | | We built your fort. We will not have it used against us. | | | | John Wayne - Allegheny Uprising | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|