this is a great point and it also actually undersells the insane power of having an effective network of notes. good tools help, but it's not about the tools. it's about meaningful information routing https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1259362563524947970

I watched a vid recently that argued compellingly that the united states didn't become THE United States until it had a kick-ass postal service. I feel like I've read similar-ish things about older empires. The ability to route information effectively and meaningfully is power

you can analyze a lot of things through this lens – in war, the army with the better comms system is the one that's better able to implement more complex strategy, better able to move decisively, and so on. this is also true for individuals

"The ability to route information effectively and meaningfully is power" is an elaboration of "knowledge is power". What is knowledge? it's having useful information. but not just locked up in a box somewhere. it's information you can use on demand in the right context

googled "military logistics quotes", because these folks get it

quoted tweet is also in the same spirit

https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1077735976468832256

the video I mentioned earlier



some interesting comments; I'd love to read essays and books about all those systems

you can't build and maintain an empire without effective information routing

I use twitter heavily as an extended mind; quote-tweets are just a fantastic feature. And/but it's always been important to me to work from first principles, so that I can always restart from scratch anywhere anytime. I can revert to paper if I have to: https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1198512155546402816