Information is information, not matter or energy. No materialism which does not admit this can survive at the present day.
Meaning
In Cybernetics, Wiener argued that information is a basic ingredient of the world, separate from physical stuff. It helps explain why data, software and ideas have value. In everyday terms, treat what you know and how you share it as an asset worth organising.
Source: Cybernetics (1948)
About the author
Norbert Wiener (1894–1964) was an American mathematician and philosopher at MIT who founded cybernetics, the study of communication and control in machines and living things. His books include Cybernetics (1948) and The Human Use of Human Beings (1950).
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