The Data Compression Lens, Tokens, Propaganda, Information Entropy and Meaning with Michael

09/07/2022 1h 20min
The Data Compression Lens, Tokens, Propaganda, Information Entropy and Meaning with Michael

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Michael and Karen discuss data compression and cybersecurity as a lens to view language, memory, relationship and consciousness, and in the process stumble upon C. S. Lewis, Jordan Peterson's Maps of Meaning, and Owen Barfield.Propaganda 1) as a false dichotomy 2) as a Zip Bomb or a destroyer of worldsThe Mandelbrot Set as a picture of the limits of stability, the border between order and chaos in its infinite complexityWords as containers for meaningOwen Barfield's The History of Words (words have souls)Michael's recent chat with Paul VanderKlay:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9C4VR9CyjM&t=389sKaren's website: https://karenwongart.comKaren's chats with Paul VanderKlay:https://youtu.be/HlMgGkwWUNYhttps://youtu.be/ZC03aNsPHOQ

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