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Hasn't been more knowledge published in the last 70 years than during all the times before? More than 2 million new books get published every year.

• dhzhzjsbevs 4y ago
  I don't know what twitter you've been reading but I wouldn't call what I see "knowledge".
• jjeaff 4y ago
  I assume they are referring to the fact that books older than about 70 years are in the public domain. The rest are protected by copyright and not free.
  • ls15 4y ago
    I think so too, but I am referring to this statement: > The overwhelming majority of our knowledge is in the public domain
    • popcube 4y ago
      if we talk about biology, absolutely not, but most of high school students won't finish basic physics, so this make sense in some region
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• dredmorbius 4y ago
  Pretty much certainly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31984080 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31984080