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Document Information
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Book excerpt or meeting summary/report (house oversight document)
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1.17 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 108 of a larger manuscript or report produced during House Oversight proceedings. It contains a narrative recounting a meeting in Washington, Connecticut, featuring physicist David Kaiser. Kaiser discusses the evolution of 'information' from the Cold War era of Norbert Wiener (where it was viewed like entropy) to the modern era where it is commodified and monetized, questioning if new metaphors are needed for the current information landscape.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| David Kaiser | Physicist / Speaker |
Discussing information theory, Wiener, and the intersection of science/politics at a meeting in Washington, CT.
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| Norbert Wiener | Historical Figure / Mathematician |
Referenced by David Kaiser regarding his views on information and entropy during the Cold War era.
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| Unidentified Narrator ('I') | Author/Observer |
The person recounting David Kaiser's comments and the meeting details.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Physical Review |
Scientific journal mentioned by David Kaiser regarding the proliferation of information.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016911'.
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Timeline (1 events)
Unknown (Preceding the crafting of a book)
First meeting preceding the crafting of a book where David Kaiser discussed information theory.
Washington, Connecticut
Locations (2)
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Location of the 'first meeting' mentioned in the text.
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Referenced as 'the other Washington' where information is leaking.
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Relationships (1)
Narrator quotes Kaiser directly from a meeting they both attended.
Key Quotes (5)
"David Kaiser is a physicist atypically interested in the intersection of his science with politics and culture"Source
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"Back then, Wiener compared information, metaphorically, to entropy, in that it could not be conserved—i.e., monopolized"Source
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"information in the economic world has indeed been stockpiled, commodified, and monetized."Source
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"David complained to the rest of us attending the meeting that in Wiener’s time, physicists could 'take the entire Physical Review. It would sit comfortably in front of us in a manageable pile.'"Source
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Quote #4
"Do we need a new set of guiding metaphors?"Source
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