Can we depend on knowledge to be shared organically, or is there a need for a sharing mechanism?
Possibly not what you thought about when you thought about knowledge sharing
Ponder this as a method of sharing knowledge, at a different level
... as the information economy has become more enveloping, cultural capital and economic capital have become ever more intertwined.
Individuals and classes that are good at winning the cultural competitions Bourdieu described tend to dominate the places where economic opportunity is richest;
they tend to harmonize with affluent networks and do well financially.
... the drive to create inequality is an endemic social sin.
Every hour most of us, unconsciously or not, try to win subtle status points, earn cultural affirmation, develop our tastes, promote our lifestyles and advance our class.
All of those microbehaviors open up social distances, which then, by the by, open up geographic and economic gaps.