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Knowledge as Collective Inheritance

The framework that economic systems must ensure knowledge is preserved, transmitted, and shared as a commons rather than hoarded wealth.

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Why It Matters

Sor Juana's extensive library and her practice of teaching others embodied a conviction that knowledge should circulate and compound across generations. Economic justice requires treating intellectual heritage not as private property to be monetized infinitely, but as a living inheritance that must be maintained and passed forward. This challenges current systems of patents, copyrights, and credential gatekeeping that restrict access to essential knowledge—medicine, agriculture, technology—to those who can pay. Sor Juana understood that a person without access to books and teaching was economically imprisoned regardless of their talent. Modern economic justice demands rethinking intellectual property law, funding public education and libraries, and ensuring that critical knowledge remains accessible to all who need it. When knowledge is hoarded, societies stagnate; when it flows freely, human potential multiplies.

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