Earth Information Growth: History and Future

Author: Richard Coren (RichardCoren) written by Zhuang Jia translated
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book presents a brand-new understanding of general systems change, especially the "evolution" of the Earth. This description employs three new yet highly controversial developmental concepts. First is the cybernetic model called "evolution amplification." Second is the trajectory of Earth's evolution. Although the trajectory initially originated from the amplification model, it ultimately became independent—forming its own empirical entity. The third is the inference derived from points on the trajectory, that various forms of information are the fundamental variables of evolution. The book delves into in-depth discussions on hot topics such as the nature of information, the definition of information, information and consciousness, information and culture, and the information society. It then traces the accumulation of information on Earth along the evolutionary trajectory of the universe—entropy—negative entropy—information—biological information—cultural information—artificial intelligence information—arguing how information has accumulated on Earth, how human society has evolved, and the developmental trends of human society. This book holds significant theoretical and practical importance for our understanding of information, culture, the information society, and the transition of humanity from an industrial society to an information society.