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A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) [pdf]
- yodon 9y agotldr; Shannon's 1948 paper
- throwaway613834 9y agoSomehow I get the impression you're doing pretty well if you even know of the existence of this paper. It's far easier to go through all of CS and even EE undergrad, never even knowing the foundation of the whole field.
- dvt 9y agoIf true, that's pretty disappointing. We had to read parts of this paper in a philosophy class. I remember having to calculate entropies for one of the exams.
- gibbsnich 9y agoIt's sad, I have to agree. I feel like we (yes, all of us) are missing great opportunities by concentrating too much on directly monetizable ("work-related") knowledge in our educational systems. It's just shortsighted and works against intrinsic motivations to learn. That being said I learned about cybernetics in a sociology class. Getting to know Shannon, Wiener, Von Foerster, George Spencer Brown ("Laws of Form" highly recommended reading) and Luhmann was the most interesting stuff I ever got to learn.
- throwaway613834 9y agoWow, that's amazing. Would've never expected philosophy to do this kind of thing!
- fellellor 9y agoExtremely well written. I wish I hadn't been so lazy while I was in college, and read this earlier. Is there any intelligent public community discussion available on this?
- pizza 9y agoI wish I had one to point to, but there should be almost 70 years' worth :P
- SamReidHughes 9y agohttps://monoskop.org/images/2/2f/Shannon_Claude_E_1956_The_Bandwagon.pdf https://monoskop.org/images/2/2f/Shannon_Claude_E_1956_The_B...
- pizza 9y agoThis one is important too
- ethanwillis 9y agoAlso read Norbert Wiener's Cybernetics http://uberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Norbert_Wiener_Cybernetics.pdf http://uberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Norbert_Wiener_...
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- hyperpallium 9y agoI've always liked the intro to this, such a simple definition of information, a choice out of a selection of choices.