Reading Notes

Chp 5: Deconstruction Information – Lee Thayer

Information is part of the system and cannot be taken away from it
System is not decomposable.
“To speak of bulls…is not the same as to be in the bullring.”
People understand what’s in their system.
Describe as much as you want, people do not understand whats outside of their system.
Order lets us understand.
Why are things in order/sequence?
Information takes “the path of least resistance”
Information is “the link between what we know and what we know it with”.
Limits are important.
Information “was not seen as the path to anything”, while currently the more information we have, “the closer we must be getting to the ‘truth’ about this or that.”
Certain people used to have power, now information itself has power.
Information must be turned into meaning in order for the mind to understand.
Systems are important too.

What is documentation:

“A document is a proof in support of fact”
An object must be cataloged before others can derive information from it.
Need catalogues, of catalogues, to understand primary documentation.
“Knowledge and studies, science and practice could not exist without the efficient exploration of documents and a rigorous organization of documentary work.”
The Documentalist keeps track of documents that are about objects
The more we know, the more documentation we need
Human re-document in different languages
There is an overwhelming amount of documentation compared to the earlier years
Intellectual work, compared to previous years, has a different rhythm due to all the machines available for documentation.
There is so much documentation that a Documentalist is needed to help the scientist sift through documents.
Documenting is become more of a skill set.

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