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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://t.co/RoLFx4dn51
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://t.co/Ly5uPL5bkn https://t.co/l3BVHOSXZq
the video I mentioned earlier https://t.co/vHruRma49J 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 https://t.co/Zf9NkPcJQ1
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://t.co/XP18bBVFhf
@visakanv I'm currently ideating on a note-taking app. Ideas are arbitrary nodes that you define, and you can link between nodes. The links are regions of text that are highlighted, and these links can overlap, so for example a pun could be linked to both meanings.