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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>
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- Consider the essential skills to success in:
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ 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> │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- Now look at your activities. While housework, programming, and thinking
- are everyday activities, each is symbolic of major societal changes.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- References: ----------------------------------------------
- How to generate insights at a computer <FILE52>
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- Neil Larson 1/14/88 FILE62
- 44 Rincon Rd., Kensington, CA 94707
- Copyright MaxThink 1988 -- Call 415-428-0104 for permission to reprint