Information Half Life
What survives, what decays, and what should.
Information has a usable lifespan. Some of it is still true next year. Most of it isn't. The problem is that organizations treat all information as equally durable — the policy written in 2019 sits in the same system with the same authority as the decision made this morning. Information Half-Life is the temporal lens. It asks not whether something is accurate but whether it is still accurate, still relevant, still load-bearing. Most organizations refuse to honor the decay. They hoard. The knowledge base grows. The signal degrades. Nobody audits what should have expired.
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No. 76 May 9, 2026
Documentation is Not Context
When organizations lose clarity, the instinct is to document.
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No. 71 February 10, 2026
The Vulnerability Every Scanner Misses
Information decay is a threat no software can detectYour dashboard is green.
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No. 60 January 12, 2026
The Hidden Weakness in Your Technology Stack
Why your biggest technology risk isn’t a vulnerability—and can’t be patched Most organizations think they understand…
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No. 62 January 5, 2026
The Context Files — Episode 2
The Boeing 737 MAX: When Safety Became a Data Problem Episode 1: The Challenger Disaster demonstrated how critical…
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No. 27 December 15, 2025
The Context Files — Episode 1
When Meaning Broke: The Challenger Disaster and the Anatomy of Information Failure On January 28, 1986, the Space…