Knowledge is our most important business.
The success of
almost all our other business depends on it, but its value is not only
[a].
economic. The pursuit, production, spread, application, and preservation of
knowledge are the central activities of a civilization. Knowledge is social
[b]
memory, a connection to the past; and it is social hope, an investment in the
future. The ability to create knowledge and (c) put use to it is the key
characteristic of humans. It is how we
[d].
beings and how we change how we keep
our heads in the clouds.
reproduce ourselves as social
[e].
our feet on the ground and
