In politics, “knowing everything” still means knowing different things, which means that compelling governments to disclose information does not necessarily mean that people learn more or understand better. On the contrary, as soon as government information is designed to be immediately open to everybody, its value as information declines and its value as an instrument of manipulation increases.
在政治上，“知道一切”仍能让事情有所不同，这意味着迫使政府披露信息并不一定意味着人们能更好地了解和明白。相反，只要政府信息立刻向所有人公开，其作为信息的价值就会下降，而其作为操纵工具的价值则会上升。