News is not as old, more usable. What is the Moderate Still expensive, but cost for news is dropping due to Cost of K. more general travel. What is the Libraries are still not accessible to the commoner. But individual books are access to K. cheap enough to be affordable to many. But news is not very usable for the commoner.
Religious ideas are in flux.
Who is doing Research being done by many in a non-systematic way. Knowledge in science Science Res. Research is 'pure' in that it is funded by the participants. They also support the growing number of Universities, which also contribute to research. The total body of knowledge has expanded.