Knowledge is Power posted on 2017-05-17
In 1620, Francis Bacon argued that ‘knowledge is power’. Since the advent of the Internet and the increasing popularity of social media services such as Facebook, Whatsapp, and Twitter, spreading knowledge has never been easier or more instantaneous. Yet the inequalities regarding access to information, technical skills, and medical training resources seem enormous. Inequalities of [Read More]
Democratization of Knowledge posted on 2017-05-05
An educational system based on the democratization of knowledge is the exact opposite of a system based on the coerced acceptance of conventional wisdom and dogma. For centuries, medical training was defined by ‘The Teacher’ who was the owner of knowledge and who had power over the learner; that other person who was granted the [Read More]