Posted by Reilly Atkinson on October 17, 1999 at 22:42:26:

In Reply to: Re: Overcoming "knowledge is power" posted by Su Williams on October 13, 1999 at 09:38:30:

Su -- I'm very curious about the origin of your first three points. That's because I can think of and have encountered many situations in which they do not hold. For example, under cross-examination the whole point is to give out as little as possible -- and if you give out too much you will be shunned. Or you are writing a novel or doing research; these are situations in which you may well not wish to share info or knowledge, at least until you are done. Sales people may keep their initial prospect list to themselves, and on and on.

That is, your rules are very context dependent -- that little point you share, while a miniscule part of your mind's content, might have enormous economic value. The quantity, I think, is pretty unimportant, its importance or value(economic or shock or how to survive this, that or the other thing) And, as anybody on Wall Street knows, there are plenty of people who can run a fast mile stimulated by just a few clues you inadvertantly dropped. And, then again, there are people who share so much of their knowledge that folks term them bores or windbags, and get away as fast as possible

It all depends.

Thank you,
Reilly Atkinson

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