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The value of information lies in how it is organized
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A billion monkeys seated at typewriters can produce all the numbers and
text this world ever needs. But whether this effort has any value depends
on how it is organized. To repeat, the value of information lies in how it
is organized. <FILE75 KNOWLEDGE>
Consider the essential skills to success in:
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Agricultural Age -- key was moving or removing dirt <FILE71> │
│ Industrial Age -- key was organizing repetitive sequences <FILE54> │
│ Information Age -- key is creating or extracting knowledge <FILE55> │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Now look at your activities. While housework, programming, and thinking
are everyday activities, each is symbolic of major societal changes.
Now, I'll let you argue whether the word processor, spreadsheet <FILE27>,
database, or telecommunication is a tool of the Industrial Age or
Information Age. In my opinion, they belong in the Industrial age because
their usage seldom leads to shifts in your view of yourself or of your
world.
In contrast, that's the prime reason for using software such as MaxThink
and Houdini. The value in these programs lies in how they help you
organize the structure and relationships (i.e., information) of your ideas.
Again, the value of information lies in how it is organized. Similarly,
MaxThink and Houdini easily create or find value through commands for
organizing that are unmatched by other software.
References: ----------------------------------------------
How to generate insights at a computer <FILE52>
Neil Larson 1/14/88 FILE62
44 Rincon Rd., Kensington, CA 94707
Copyright MaxThink 1988 -- Call 415-428-0104 for permission to reprint