• jbrains@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    It doesn’t.

    Humans want information to be free. Hoarding information is like hoarding any other resources. It causes power imbalances. Free information means that power is more evenly distributed.

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Hoarding information is like hoarding any other resources.

      Information is unlike any other resource, it can be shared without taking away from the giver.
      Hording it is not about protection what you have, it’s about intentionally depriving others with no benefit to your self other than keeping up a power imbalance.