Individual is the basic building block of the world’s information

The genesis of all information can be traced to an individual, time, and location. Humans don’t create all bits of information, but to the extent it becomes “human readable” i.e., enters human knowledge, information originates with a person. Organizing moments, events, and information in this manner results in the atomization of information generation and establishes a valuable alternative manner to organizing information.

The capability to trace back information to an individual confers benefits including identifying the originator of a phrase or concept and understanding how meaning evolves over time and in context.

Organizing large scale information by individuals provides unique benefits over existing schemes for organizing information (e.g., dewey decimal system, Google PageRank). Continuing the theme of idea generation, by placing the individual front and center with the information we can observe how ideas and knowledge develop along parallel lines or how much seems influenced by others. The unique circumstances and incentives guiding an individual may illuminate the process of information generation and any inherent bias passed along.