Free Speach and Knowledge

About 20 years ago, author/thinker Jonathan Rauch wrote a book titled "Kindly Inquisitors." The Book's illustrative examples are a bit dated, but its core defense of freedom of speech as the key to knowledge generation is still spot on.

If you've never read the book, I highly recommend it. But in case you just want to understand the basic argument, this 30 minute talk by Mr. Rauch provides an excellent outline of his argument.

Jonathan Rauch - FIRE's CFN 2010 from The FIRE on Vimeo.

Joe H.