Philosophy

“Seldom do more than a few of nature’s secrets give way at one time. It will be all too easy for our somewhat artificial prosperity to collapse overnight when it is realized that the use of a few exciting words like information, entropy, redundancy, do not solve all our problems.”

Claude Shannon, known as the “father of information theory” and the “father of the Information Age,” was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, and cryptographer. In 1948, he laid the mathematical foundations of “information theory.” Eight years later, he cautioned against the overuse of his theory in an article titled “The Bandwagon.” (1) (1) fermatslibrary.com/s/the-bandwagon

“Vertigo is something other than the fear of falling. It is the voice of emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.” – Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

I came upon the book during my school years. A double-edged sword it was, I’d say. Reading young flings open the door to a universe of thought and understanding, broadening horizons with an uncanny charm. Yet, it also acts as a dampener, limiting the depth of understanding. The juvenile mind, not yet polished by life’s trials and tribulations, can’t fully appreciate the narrative’s intricacies. The outlook of a high-schooler, although rich with enthusiasm, often falls short in depth and breadth.