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Information is independent from information, as information colloquially requires order, but Information does not
Low Entropy=Order

Seems like a nice guy.

Trust each other. The world will be a better place; trust me.

Order spreads when people know stuff. Or am I oversimplifying?

Why do we say things as banal as "I can read this book quickly if I have the time and space to concentrate.

Hard.

Enjoyable but curious how far he can take this re-imagining of economics.

I have been inspired with a lot of the ideas involved!

Już dawno żadna książka nie zrobiła na mnie takiego wrażenia. Niezwykłość ziemi oraz fakt, że entropia u nas maleje zamiast jak mówi II zasada termodynamiki rosnąć jest faktem zadziwiającym, ale autor wyjaśnia dlaczego tak się dzieje. Podobają mi się terminy typu "human bit" i rozważania na temat tego dlaczego ekonomie w różnych krajach inaczej się rozwijają.

really finding this quite interesting!

Not as complicated and difficult as I first thought, though having a physics background helps a lot with understanding this book. It is still accessible to people without a physics background though it might be a bit more challenging

Thoroughly weird, but I think I see where he's going with this.

Knowledge, knowhow and information

Cool book. These principles seem to have some weight behind them. Helps me to understand the economics of small businesses up to large corporations.

While I'm not sure that I totally buy into Hidalgo's views, this is an interesting read. Love the connections between information theory and economics.

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The concept of "crystallized information" is very lovely, and I see it being quite useful. Interestingly it's also a self-referential word, because it is itself. I recall economics texts focusing on land, labor, and capital and completely missing out on information. This book suggest an interesting means of mathematically institutionalizing the latter - something I've always wanted a simple way to do.

I love that his definitions of information, knowledge, and knowhow are more concrete than most(all?) authors. He gives W. Weaver a bit too much priority in Shannon's work; also doesn't mention the original title of Shannon's Bell Labs paper or its significance. I love his concrete examples of the Bugati, Rubic's cube, and DNA. His philosophy seems to fit in with my own so far; can't wait to get to the economics.

Easily one of the most interesting books I've read all year!