#information [[Nexus -- A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI]] Information is - an elementary building block of reality that - **create**s new realities (instead of representing preexisting realities) - by **connect**ing different points into a network ## Creation [[Popper's three worlds theorem]] objective reality (World I) subjective reality (World II) inter-subjective reality (World III) -- created by stories, exist in the exchange of information Of all genres of stories, those that create intersubjective realities have been the most crucial for the development of large-scale human networks. Intersubjective things like laws, gods, and currencies are extremely powerful within a particular information network and utterly meaningless outside it. ## Connection A story can thereby serve like a central connector, with an unlimited number of outlets into which an unlimited number of people can plug. Whether through implanting fake memories, forming fictional relationships, or creating intersubjective realities, stories produced large-scale human networks. > Yet while the Bible has done a poor job in representing the reality of human origins, migrations, and epidemics, it has nevertheless been very effective in connecting billions of people and creating the Jewish and Christian religions. --- [[The secret of Sapiens is their ability to tell & believe fictional stories which enables them to cooperate in large numbers]] [[Both war and peace are enabled by stories]]