As for Midway -- in which the Americans enjoyed knowledge of "enemy objective, timing, strength, direction of approach, launch position," and scored an impressive victory -- he insists that it was not a pure intelligence victory, as some have contended, but a victory in which chance played an equally important role.
First of all, knowledge is in certain way a public good; its usage is non-rivalrous and the marginal cost of another person enjoying knowledge is zero.
Some people enjoy common knowledge of "American Idol" or the Mets or rumors about Brad Pitt's love life; some share common knowledge of Tron Guy or YouTube remixes or funny pictures of cats.
His implication that people are attracted to teaching for the "seniority, life tenure, lockstep pay, lifetime pensions" insults the majority of teachers, who join the profession because they actually enjoy imparting knowledge and enthusiasm for learning, and love their students, even in the most difficult schools.
He takes one look at me and says, "I'll try not to miss the urinal". I tell him I'm touched, but that I'm sure he'd enjoy the knowledge of who had to clean it up if he did.
"The intelligent development of the human faculties is necessary to man's happiness, and if this be true, each individual should, if possible, have such a liberal education as to enable him to understand, appreciate, and enjoy the knowledge of others". Today this commitment to a liberal education is embodied in our general education requirements and, most directly, in the humanities core.
As a geologist, I enjoy spreading knowledge about the gems you wear every day.
Sure, they're barely perceptible, but visually demanding consumers will enjoy the knowledge that their new projector uses "a moving column of light" instead of those other, more vulgar solutions.
I enjoy the knowledge that I know the name of every neighbor in a two-square-block area and can leave my windows open at night to draw in the clean night air.
