The neighbourhood IT provision store

I went to a local IT fair today. What I saw, sadly, didn't surprise me. It was just like any neighbourhood grocery store or a local vegetable market. People hawking their "High Quality" "imported" "state of the art" machines...(Made in China... I rest my case)... A market where quality is no longer a differentiating factor..... a market where the primary motive is to grab eyeballs.... because the goods are basically of same nature and stature (Good or bad, you decide).... It is a sad way for technology to die... a death not from neglect... but from too much attention.... IT has become an ugly two letter word nowadays.... Now, I know that IT really stands for Information Technology (was that the 15th question?)..... but you know.... IT seems to be so talked about that people today know what it is but don't know what it stands for. IT stands for propagation of Information through the use of technology. So, keeping in mind my wonderful concept of baby steps... lets first define Information

–noun
1. knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
2. knowledge gained through study, communication, research, instruction, etc.; factual data: His wealth of general information is amazing.

The underlying concept in both these definitions (Long live, Dictionary.com) is the word Knowledge..... I don't know how you define knowledge.... but I'm sure that you'll also agree that today, Knowledge is just one of minor by product of the larger process of Information..... Today, Information means ability to pirate some software, rip some songs, realize some of the wildest "fantasies" known (or even unknown) to man..... where is knowledge?...... try to Google it... I'm sure you'll find it in the midst of some porn sites..... Sadly, Information today is going to where everyone came from....