Information
Information has been defined as a difference that makes a difference. Something that makes one thing stand out from another. We live in a world of information, really. A rock is different than a tree. A tree is different than the sea. You are different from me, and so on and so on. What defines information is differentiation, form.
To date, information has had a primary direction of flow, more outside in than inside out. Some say that this is still the only direction of signal, that everything else is environmental, incidental, but things have changed. Evolution has always been about computation, processing information, finding ways to adapt. Our information has even shaped the evolution of other species. The information that supposedly exists only in our head.
A Difference That Makes a Difference
What is information? Today's topic being information theory. Something that changes? Data that conveys a message. Data, knowledge, intelligence (like… Read More
Body as Matter
To continue with the body as matter model... You don't have a single channel of information, you have many. But… Read More
Channels of Communication
Biological beings all have one thing in common. Communication. Plants through chemical signals, animals through gestural signals, humans through both.… Read More
Our Information has Shaped Evolution
To date, information has had a primary direction of flow, more outside in than inside out. Some say that this… Read More
Information as the Basis of Life
Hmm, may I show you a quick video? I have been talking about this is classes, though the technological emphasis… Read More
Attraction of Second Life
How was culture formed? Distribution of information. Giving frameworks for information storage and dissemination? Indeed, both are true, and originally… Read More
Social Cannibals
Perhaps government should determine changes based on Facebook likes and shares. There is some of that going on. The whole… Read More