# Can Open Data Coexist With the Value of Scarce Information by Charles Seife > “How can we reap the benefits of the wide and open exchange of data without undermining the values that depend upon the scarcity of information?” > **— Charles Seife**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Charles Seife](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27715) — Charles Seife's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-033). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Art is Long|The Art is Long]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Information Theory|Information Theory]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “How can we reap the benefits of the wide and open exchange of data without undermining the values that depend upon the scarcity of information?” — Charles Seife, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-charles-seife-open-data-coexist-value-scarce ```