Knowledge Economy
Computers created the economy around knowledge. While the Internet has cheapened knowledge’s access, LLM will cheapen its consumption and application. Roles Here is the landscape of the knowledge economy: Knowledge consumers: the users, including all sorts of readers. They access, consume, and apply existing knowledge. Knowledge producers: the suppliers, including all sorts of writers. They produce new knowledge. Knowledge workers: the knowers and appliers, including all sorts of experts. They apply professional knowledge on their clients’ behalf, the candidacy of which requires years of training. Knowledge tailors: the knowers, but not the appliers, including all sorts of consultants. They customize the presentation of knowledge according to their customers’ background, making the value more affordable (in time) to consume. Knowledge brokers: the resellers, including all sorts of institutions. They manage the business side of knowledge transaction, like distribution, pricing, accounting, and marketing. Since computer The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. ...