The Information (James Gleick)
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The Information (James Gleick)
| Full title | The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood |
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| Author | James Gleick |
| Published | 2011 |
| Pages | 526 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | James Gleick’s history of information as a concept — African talking drums, the telegraph, Babbage, Shannon’s 1948 paper — and of what happens to a civilisation once it can measure the stuff it runs on. |
The Information (James Gleick)
Where I heard about it
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A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @SpencrGreenberg asking “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” (the thread, June 2025); the full list is on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
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On Patrick Collison’s Bookshelf — Patrick Collison’s catalog of the physical books he owns (unflagged). Saved in Kyle’s April 19th, 2020 Roam daily note.
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Science — the subject.
- Technological Innovation — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.