How Claude Shannon used information theory to cheat at Vegas roulette

These humans will figure it out one day – they’ve made a lot of strides over the past hundred years or so, doncha think?

But yes, I am totally with you – when you begin to understand that the basis of everything is informational in nature, it can have quite a radical affect on your perspective on pretty much everything.

Learning about John Wheeler’s “It from Bit” hypothesis was another interesting point for me.

Gleick’s The Information is an absolute must-read!

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