Comment by ethbr1

Depends on the value you ascribe to people's use of easy knowledge.

Circa-1995, I would have said uncategorically yes! It's a wonderful thing!

Today?

I'm much more of the opinion that knowledge hard-earned is knowledge valued and respected. And trivially-earned is... not.

I don't think it's possible to suppress knowledge. Even about NBC weapons.

But I'm on the fence as to whether "putting it on the high shelf where anyone has to work to get it" is a net positive or negative for society as a whole.