Where could we be if accumulated history and knowledge of ALL things to date were freely available to ANYONE interested?

Though I can’t possibly know ALL things, it is important to me to know that given time and effort, I have the ability to understand ANYTHING but I need access—anonymous access. Increasingly you must identify yourself (sign in) to access materials. Archive.org requires login. The number of people actually pursuing knowledge of things is dismally small, so why isn’t it?

Because knowledge is power and power is rarely shared willingly and certainly not widely.

The digitization of accumulated knowledge, access to it and the destruction of original materials is an unmitigated disaster as it is being done today.

Is there a way to peer review history and record it irreversibly?

I understand ANY recorded history is vulnerable to victors/writers bias and must involve multiple viewpoints. But having ONE arbiter, as we are very near to is the worst possible method.