Knowledge Management

What really broke down in Google’s original vision is the incentive system they were building towards. There is a very specific subset of information you’re interested in “organizing” when you’re trying to serve the perfect ad.

Books you read are sending you input. Your friends modeling behaviors for you. Newspapers. Tools. People you follow on Twitter. The architecture of a Gothic church beaming serenity into you—that is input too.

At the same time, you are also sending output to other nodes. Now, I am sending these ideas into my pocket notebook, which will send them to... See more