If I give you a penny, you will be one penny richer and I'll be one penny poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it, too.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Sharing knowledge increases collective value without reducing the giver's share, unlike physical goods.
- In plain terms
- Ideas multiply when shared; money does not.
- What can you take from it?
- Share knowledge freely to benefit everyone.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What knowledge have you shared?
- Why hoard ideas?
Another view
Some knowledge can be commodified or guarded.
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