Quotes About Information

Writing a history of the world is a ridiculous thing to do. The amount of information is too vast for any individual to absorb, the reading limitless and the likelihood of error immense. The only case for doing it, and for reading it, is that not having a sense of world history is even more ridiculous.

DNA wasn't a simple recipe book that could be readily understood.

It isn't always the fittest who survive, but the people who have the information, those who clock the exits. I could find in relentless occupation what I could never find in helplessness: a way through.

The most successful ran a shop full of scribes turning out several dozen copies a week. These avvisi were succinct, wide ranging and remarkably well informed.

everyone who exists is mentally compromised. We all accumulate false information over time, internalize it, and are influenced by it, consciously or otherwise. We are, in part, a product of these biases, as well as all other information we gather in our lifetimes.

if your organization uses e-mail, a lot more people know what's going on in your business than did before, and they know it a lot faster than they used to.

Your information sources should complement one another, and also be redundant because that gives you a way to verify what you've learned.

information-gathering is the basis of all other managerial work, which is why I choose to spend so much of my day doing it.

the definition of "manager" should be broadened: individual contributors who gather and disseminate know-how and information should also be seen as middle managers, because they exert great power within the organization.

e-mail is also the first manifestation of a revolution in how information flows and how it is managed.

Of course, you can't spend all of your time listening to random inputs. But you should be open to them. As you keep doing it, you will develop a feel for whose views are apt to contain gems of information and a sense of who will take advantage of your openness to clutter you with noise. Over time, then, you can adjust your receptivity accordingly.

What decision needs to be made? •  When does it have to be made? • Who will decide? •  Who will need to be consulted prior to making the decision? •  Who will ratify or veto the decision? •  Who will need to be informed of the decision?

Reports are more a medium of self-discipline than a way to communicate information. Writing the report is important; reading it often is not.

With my new venture, Club Mom, we want to empower moms to feel their value and also build their collective power to make their lives better and easier. We want to bring them together as a community to share experiences and information.

I always bring back books for the library. Books have everything in them. After the end of the world, you cannot learn a goddamned thing from a computer or a television screen.

We can see that the Kolmogorov complexity describes the compressibility of the pattern:

information content is called the holographic bound.

I have long contended that consciousness is the way information feels.

Do you know what learning gives you? The ability to make use of sources.

Do you know, Ciri, what university studies give a person?' 'No. What?' 'The ability to make use of sources.

I never read. The paper or anything. I watch a lot of movies, and TV series and stuff. But I never, never read.

Fear defies logic. Information only goes so far. Even when armed with all the reasons why we should not be afraid, the fear remains.

Careful is cerebral; fearful is emotional. Careful is fueled by information; fearful is fueled by imagination. Careful calculates risk; fearful avoids risk. Careful wants to achieve success; fearful wants to avoid failure. Careful is concerned about progress; fearful is concerned about protection.

Preaching for life change requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration. Less first century and more twenty-first century.