<a href="http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120713-why-all-men-are-not-created-equal/2">http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120713-why-all-men-are-not-created-equal/2</a><br><br>"David-Barrett and Dunbar discover a particularly intriguing
implication for our information age. One of the important factors in
their model is the <em>cost</em> of communication: how hard it is to
exchange information. It’s often suggested that by lowering the cost of
communication, electronic networking will make it easier for everyone to
access information and so will flatten the social hierarchy. The
researchers find that, if there is an initial inequality in how
information is distributed, lowering communication costs
counter-intuitively sustains this steep hierarchy and promotes
inequality. There’s less incentive to spread information around: you can
just keep on looking until you find it.<p>If we want to avoid this
effect of cheaper communication, they say, then we’ll need ways of
compensating for it – for example, by greater social investment in
education to disseminate knowledge. The web won’t do it for us."</p><p>I don't get this last bit -</p><p>"There’s less incentive to spread information around: you can
just keep on looking until you find it."</p><p>Does the author mean that because information is more abundant that rather than actively sharing information we expect other people to able to find it for themselves??</p>
<p>Kevin<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>