Norbert Wiener Quote

The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation of its value is false. It is scarcely less false than the more plausible claim that after a war we may take our existing weapons, fill their barrels with information.

The Human Use Of Human Beings: Cybernetics And Society (ed. Da Capo Press, 1988) - ISBN: 9780786752263

The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation of its value is false. It is scarcely less false...

The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation of its value is false. It is scarcely less false...

The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation of its value is false. It is scarcely less false...

The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation of its value is false. It is scarcely less false...