When Knowledge Gets Cheap, Does Insight Become the Scarce Resource?

Ben White reflects on Jevons Paradox — the idea that cheaper access to a resource increases its consumption — applied to knowledge and learning, riffing on a Rabbi Zohar Atkins essay. White previously argued radiology is not a clean example of the paradox.

• This is opinion/commentary from Ben White's blog, not a research study — no original data, methods, or outcomes are reported.
• The central question: as AI and search make knowledge nearly free, does the value shift entirely to synthesis, judgment, and insight?
• Relevance to radiology is implied by White's prior writing on the topic; the snippet does not spell out a specific radiology argument in this post.

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