Nine
“The evolution of information cuts across all boundaries, extending even to the information begotten by our economy and society. Information, when understood in its broad meaning as physical order, is what our economy produces. It is the only thing we produce, whether we are biological cells or manufacturing plants.
This is because information is not restricted to messages. It is inherent in all the physical objects we produce: bicycles, buildings, streetlamps, blenders, hair dryers, shoes, chandeliers, harvesting machines, and underwear are all made of information. This is not because they are made of ideas but because they embody physical order.”
- César Hidalgo, “Why Information Grows”
The creation of physical order is the business of design. Can (and does) design sometimes create intentional disorder?
Is that an acceptable possibility? Is a disordered product made of information? If yes, is it ‘incorrect’ information? Or correctly disordered information?
Does incorrect, unacceptable information grow like correctly ordered information?
