Satyagraha in the Digital Age: What can one individual do? 

lterrat's bookmarks 2017-07-16

Summary:

"Every generation has an opportunity. The Internet has provided our world with a truly great opportunity: universal access to knowledge for all people. I focus on access to edicts of government, the laws of our great democracies, but that is only a small part of the great promise.

We should set our sights higher. In our modern world, there is no excuse to restrict access to scholarly literature, technical documents, the law, or other storehouses of knowledge. As Bhartrhari's Nitisatakam teaches us, 'knowledge is a treasure which cannot be stolen.' Knowledge should be free to all regardless of means.

Universal access to knowledge and the rule of law are the way that our world might surmount these seemingly insurmountable obstacles we seem to face today. But, it will only happen if we engage in public work as Gandhi so often told us to do. And, it will only happen if we all focus on specific goals and do so persistently and systematically."

Link:

https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/satyagraha-in-the-digital-age-what-can-one-individual-do

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Date tagged:

07/16/2017, 20:38

Date published:

07/16/2017, 16:38