How expensive it could be to impart or distribute knowledge for free!

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How expensive it could be to impart or distribute knowledge for free! A commercial arrangement can always be worked out for same.

Education could be paid or subsidised or free, but basic and fundamental educational resources can always be made universally accessible, open source and available for free.

Further basic and advanced education and educational resources can also be made free with commercial mechanisms like advertisement or other in both digital and print form.

There may be arguments of commerce shaping vulnerable minds, imposing brand loyalty at early age and shaping collective consciousness, but that is only secondary issue (and can be dealt with); secondary for the reason when millions in world are not having access to basic and timely education, higher education, tailored vocational education, access to uninterrupted communication channels and right tools and gadgets to keep them motivated to learn whatever, whenever, wherever. Commerce can easily fill the last mile gap.

It should also be alright to insert few commercials, advertisements in presentation slides, educational podcast and textbook pages in university, college and high school, if it is for a noble cause or if it is funding that very education itself for those in need!

Author: Anoop Jha