Knowledge in the form of an informational commodity indispensable to productive power is already, and will continue to be, a major-perhaps the major-… - Jean-François Lyotard

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Knowledge in the form of an informational commodity indispensable to productive power is already, and will continue to be, a major-perhaps the major- stake in the world wide. It is conceivable the nation state will one day fight for control of information, just as they battled over territory, and afterwards for control of access to and exploitation of raw materials and cheap labor. A new field opened for industrial and commercial strategies on the one hand, and political and military strategies.

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About Jean-François Lyotard

Jean-François Lyotard (10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998) was a French philosopher and literary theorist.

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Pen Names: François Laborde
Alternative Names: Jean François Lyotard
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