The Radford Free Press – Page 43 – All life is problem solving.

Commentary / Design, Hidalgo, information, Shannon, Weaver /

Information Take Two

February 16, 2021

Keeping the conversation going. Let’s start with Shannon, from his personal papers published in 1993 … “The word ‘information’ has been given different meanings by various writers in the general field of information theory. It is likely that at least a number of these will prove sufficiently useful in certain applications to deserve further study and permanent recognition. It is […]

Commentary / algorithms, complexity, economic theory, information, Kolmogorov, Shannon, utopia /

The Information Conundrum

February 15, 2021

Kolmogorov, I think, hit the nail on the head when he said: “At each given moment there is only a fine layer between the ‘trivial’ and the impossible. Mathematical discoveries are made in this layer.” He might just as well have said that life itself is discovered in this layer. But let’s not get ahead […]

Commentary, Economics / artificial intelligence, Durer, economic theory, Erdi, Karl Popper, knowledge, Soros /

What Do Durer and Soros Have in Common?

February 12, 2021

I know, this is one of those more philosophical moments. In my case prompted by my continued meditation on the deleterious effects of a belief in utopias. Such beliefs seem always to end up with authoritarian consequences. People can all too easily get swept up by the illusion of having solved life’s great mysteries. It’s been […]