My Response
I read the lecture notes: The Nature of Information. It defines information as the action of informing; formation or molding of the mind or character, training, instruction, teaching; communication of instructive knowledge. This is a very good definition because it shows how important that information actually is in the world. The main thing that i got from the notes is that transmiting information has evolved more and more. The computer was a very important invention because it made alomst all information at almost everyones grasp whenever they want. There is so much to be learned on the internet and it has improved the world of information drastically. The notes proceed to talk about how information is not just one particular field but is in fact the basis for all comunication. It is the way we categorize our environment.
The notes got me to thinking a lot about how i use information in everyday life and dont even realize it. I read signs everyday in almost every building that i am in at school. I have never thought about how they display information using signs by semantics. Signs are very interesting to me and they display all different kinds of information. I enjoyed reading about all the different information that i am exposed to using analog versus digital. Overal, I really enjoyed reading "The Nature of Information".
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