EPISODE · Jul 19, 2021 · 54 MIN
Caleb Scharf talks about his new book: The Ascent of Information
from The Last Negroes at Harvard · host Kent Garrett
Caleb Scharf, Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University, argues that information is alive in a very real sense. All the data we create-- all of our emails, tweets, selfies, A.I.-generated text and funny cat videos-- amounts to an aggregate lifeform. Indeed, we must start to be concerned about our "information footprint."
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