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id: "quote-dewey-decimal"
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tags: ["data-engineering"]
related: ["concept-context-architecture"]
speaker: "Nate B. Jones"
speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
sources: ["s42-job-market-split"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s42-job-market-split"
originDay: 42
---
# Dewey Decimal System for Agents

> 'In a sense, context architecture is like building the Dewey Decimal System for agents.'
> — [[entity-nate-b-jones]]

## Why it matters

The single most evocative analogy in the talk. It frames [[concept-context-architecture]] as a *librarianship* problem: structuring unstructured company data so AI agents can reliably **find the one piece of information they need at the moment they need it** — without dragging in everything else and triggering [[concept-context-degradation]].