 What lies at the heart of every living thing is not a fire, not warm breath, not a spark of life. It is information, words, instructions. If you want a metaphor, don’t think of tires and sparks and breath. Think, instead, of a billion discrete, digital characters carved in tablets of crystal. If you want to understand life, don’t think about vibrant, throbbing gels and oozes, think about information technology.
– Richard Dawkins (1941 -) |
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James Madison – A popular Government without popular information
A popular Government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Michael Crichton – The greatest challenge facing mankind
 The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda.
Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to mankind, but in the information age (or as I think of it, the disinformation age) it takes on a special urgency and importance. |
