Let's start with a couple of questions.
An easy one to begin with.
1) What is 'information'?
Seems simple, isn't it?
The answer (as per Oxford Dictionary): "facts provided or learned about something or someone".
You already knew this, right?
Let's move on.
Next question, slightly complex.
2) How powerful is this information?
Thinking?
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Still thinking.
Well, the answer to this question is not all that simple.
Information could be as "powerless" as nothing or it could be as "powerful" as everything.