For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information in your neighborhood? Librarians. And they're famous for having no power at all. And who has the most power in your community? Politicians. And they're notorious for being ill-informed.
Clifford Stoll (1999). “High-tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian”, Doubleday Books