Information about a Physical System is a Record of Choices Made in the Past

About this episode

The episode features discussions on information theory and the choices that shape physical systems, with insights from Perry Marshall and Glen.

Perry Marshall, Author of Evolution 2.0 and creator of the $10 million Evolution 2.0 prize for a patentable theory of the Origin of Information, to be judged by George Church and Denis Noble. Glen, physicist and mathematician who has had many appearances on The Meaning Code discussing information theory, entropy and robotics. The whole episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/PXDC4sIy5dA?si=ORZxIquCl4bkiltZ

People in this episode

Host: Karen Wong

Guests: Perry Marshall, Glen

Topics covered

• information theory
• entropy
• robotics
• choices
• origin of information

Keywords

• information
• entropy
• choices
• Evolution 2.0
• robotics
• Perry Marshall

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Evolution 2.0

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