[[Nexus -- A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI]] to survive and flourish, every human information network needs to do two things simultaneously: discover truth and create order -- these two processes are often contradictory An information network may allow and even encourage people to search for truth, but only in specific fields that help generate power without threatening the social order. While over the generations human networks have grown increasingly powerful, they have not necessarily grown increasingly wise. Instead of a march of progress, the history of human information networks is a tightrope walk trying to balance truth with order. simply increasing the speed and efficiency of our information technology doesn’t necessarily make the world a better place. It only makes the need to balance truth and order more urgent. [[Elections are more about order than truth]]