Pilar’s Reviews > Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI > Status Update
Pilar
is 12% done
Bureaucracy: order and classification. Benefits (cholera) drawbacks (romanian jews). Ownership.
— Jul 29, 2025 02:52AM
Like flag
Pilar’s Previous Updates
Pilar
is 18% done
Chap 4: human error and institutions that impose infallible narratives (holy books, etc) vs who decides what those books contain (rabbies, theologists, etc: HUMANS). Truth tilting the balance of social order and viceversa.
Info inchequeable fuente:creanme (witch hunts) o institutions likely to rely on self-correcting mechanisms (scientific institutions).
Role of the printing press to spread info.
— Jul 31, 2025 08:35PM
Info inchequeable fuente:creanme (witch hunts) o institutions likely to rely on self-correcting mechanisms (scientific institutions).
Role of the printing press to spread info.
Pilar
is 8% done
- What is information: naive view of info, populist view of info. Info that describes the world and info that creates reality
- Role of stories in strengthening networks: objective, subjective and intersubjective reality. Balance between truth and order
— Jul 28, 2025 11:28AM
- Role of stories in strengthening networks: objective, subjective and intersubjective reality. Balance between truth and order
