They must be reinforced. Otherwise, the present impunity at supranational level and the contradiction between democracy at national scale and oligocracy at the global one will continue threatening humanity. Knowledge is always positive. Its applications can be negative and even perverse. Formation is much more than information.
Education is much more than learning.
Tools like the Internet must be available as soon as possible to all the people. But it is the faculty to think, to create, to foresee and to anticipate what makes the human beings unique, impredictable, hopeful. Freedom of expression is the main pillar of democracy, nurtured by the principles of justice, equality and solidarity. For centuries we have been living in a culture of imposition and force, and people have paid the price of war and violence. Let's now evolve towards a culture of peace, tolerance, dialogue and understanding.