"Today, we begin to speak about knowledge volunteers. What does this mean? Knowledge is a raw material,” explains French economist Delors.
“We have built a complex world and knowledge has become as important a factor as the possession of raw materials or the techniques necessary to light a bulb… a banal example to explain that we need a lot of information which we have under the form of knowledge.
Our students belong to the digital generation. It is very interesting to see you use your energy and abilities to teach elders how to use the Internet. Elders like myself are a little isolated and you can teach us to keep in touch with the rest of the world. What do we do at the Fondazione Mondo Digitale? We stimulate intergenerational contact, we put young and old people together to develop knowledge. Human capital and knowledge capital: we enrich everyone’s capital. There is no future without solidarity amongst generations and individuals.
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