Merely by existing and evolving in time - by existing - any physical system registers information, and by evolving in time it transforms or processes that information. Seth Lloyd evolveexistinformation Change image and share on social
Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics. Seth Lloyd deathlawlife Change image and share on social
What's happened with society is that we have created these devices, computers, which already can register and process huge amounts of information, which is a significant fraction of the amount of information that human beings themselves, as a species, can process. Seth Lloyd amountbeingcomputer share on social
Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing, it changes that information, transforms that information, or, if you like, processes that information. Seth Lloyd evolveinformationphysical Change image and share on social
Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the people who are willing to go out and do that, - if the experiments don't work, then it means it's not science. Seth Lloyd experimentmeanpeople Change image and share on social
The amount of information that can be stored by the ultimate laptop, 10 to the 31st bits, is much higher than the 10 to the 10th bits stored on current laptops. Seth Lloyd 10th31stamount Change image and share on social
We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable, maybe we shouldn't be so surprised that things are so entirely out of control. Seth Lloyd arisecapablecomplexity Change image and share on social
There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and controllability being perhaps the most important. Seth Lloyd advantageconsiderablecontrollability Change image and share on social
Something else has happened with computers. Seth Lloyd computerhappen Change image and share on social
Indeed, as the above calculation indicates, to take full advantage of the memory space available, the ultimate laptop must turn all its matter into energy. Seth Lloyd advantagecalculationenergy Change image and share on social
