The User Illusion

Cutting Consciousness Down to Size By: Tor Norretranders Published: 1991 Read: 2017 Summary: Drawing on physics, information theory, communication theory and evolutionary psychology, the central point of this book is that consciousness represents only a very small fraction of our

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The information theory of individuality

By: David Krakauer, Nils Bertschinger, Eckehard Olbrich, Jessica C. Flack, Nihat Ay In: Theory in Biosciences Date: 24 March, 2020 Introduction There is little agreement (in biology) about what individuals are. Few rigorous quantitative methods for their identification. Information theory

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Why Information Grows

The evolution of order, from atoms to economies By: Cesar Hidalgo Published: 2015 Read: 2018 Summary: The concept of entropy dictates that disorder, randomness and chaos should increase over time. Yet, in the universe we see pockets of growing order,

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