The open society, the unrestricted access to knowledge, the unplanned and uninhibited association of men for its furtherance - these are what may make a vast, complex, ever growing, ever changing, ever more specialized and expert technological world, nevertheless a world of human community.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- An open society with free access to knowledge and uninhibited association can keep a technological world human. It values community in complexity.
- In plain terms
- Free access to knowledge keeps the human world human despite technology.
- What can you take from it?
- Openness prevents technology from dehumanizing society.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can technology coexist with humanity?
- What blocks free access to knowledge?
Another view
It assumes openness always leads to positive human outcomes.
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