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p30

Writing, as a technology, requires premeditation and special art. Language is not a technology, no matter how well developed and efficacious. It is not best seen as something separate from the mind; it is what the mind does.

Syndicated 2012-07-27 18:49:31 (Updated 2012-07-27 18:49:35) from cdent

p25

The extra drumbeats, far from being extraneous, provide context. Every ambiguous word begins in a cloud of possible alternative interpretations; then the unwanted possibilities evaporate. This takes place below the level of consciousness.

Syndicated 2012-07-27 18:45:59 from cdent

HtmlCss

@import url(http://totw.tiddlyspace.com/HtmlCss);

Syndicated 2012-07-27 18:30:24 (Updated 2012-07-27 18:30:36) from cdent

27 Jul 2012 (updated 28 Jul 2012 at 17:11 UTC) »

Index

This space contains some reactions (from cdent) to the book The Information by James Gleick, based around quotes from the book recorded in the space theinformationq.

I enjoyed the book because it helped to bridge some of the gaps I have experienced between my own philosophy of and attitude to information and the formalism known as information theory. The crucial aspect is captured by:

Syndicated 2012-07-27 18:29:55 (Updated 2012-07-28 17:08:43) from cdent

ServerSettings

index: Index
editor: /edit#{tiddler}

Syndicated 2012-07-27 18:27:52 from cdent

27 Jul 2012 (updated 28 Jul 2012 at 17:11 UTC) »

Index

This space contains quotations from The Information by James Gleick. As I read the book I stumbled across many quotable pieces I felt I should record. My responses to the quotes are in the space theinformation, which will transclude the quotes from this space.

Page numbers reference the "Fourth Estate paperback edition published 2012".

  • Chapter 1: Drums That Talk
  • Chapter 2: The Persistence of the Word
  • Chapter 4: To Throw the Powers of Thought into Wheel-Work
  • Chapter 11: Into the Meme Pool
  • Chapter 12: The Sense of Randomness
  • Chapter 13: Information is Physical
  • Chapter 15: New News Everyday
  • Epilogue

Syndicated 2012-07-27 17:41:28 (Updated 2012-07-28 16:57:27) from cdent

27 Jul 2012 (updated 27 Jul 2012 at 19:11 UTC) »

HtmlCss

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span[tiddler]:hover .translink {
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}*/

Syndicated 2012-07-27 17:39:17 (Updated 2012-07-27 18:25:40) from cdent

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