The 'knowledge curse': More isn't necessarily better
August 07, 2024
August 07, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Aug. 7 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
A year ago, economics professor Kaushik Basu was in his office hosting a colleague from Sweden, mapping ideas out on a blackboard.
Among those ideas: Can an increase in knowledge ever be a bad thing? They theorized that yes, it could when people use it to act in their own self-interest rather than in the best interests of the larger group.
"We were standing in front of a blackboa . . .
A year ago, economics professor Kaushik Basu was in his office hosting a colleague from Sweden, mapping ideas out on a blackboard.
Among those ideas: Can an increase in knowledge ever be a bad thing? They theorized that yes, it could when people use it to act in their own self-interest rather than in the best interests of the larger group.
"We were standing in front of a blackboa . . .