Lessons tagged “information-theory”
5 published lessons with this tag.
perception
Signal compounds and noise dilutes
Each piece of signal you accumulate makes the next piece more valuable — noise does the opposite.
schema
Classification is a compression technique
Categories reduce complexity by treating similar things as equivalent for a given purpose.
agents
Error detection precedes error correction
You cannot fix what you cannot detect — invest in error detection mechanisms.
agents
Error correction has a cost
Every correction takes time and energy — reduce the error rate rather than just correcting faster.
operations
Information bottlenecks
When you cannot get the information you need to proceed the information flow is the constraint.