What Science Teaches
Information is the invisible lifeblood of all living systems. Everything that is visible as a shape or form at the material level exists because of the way information was processed. This is information’s role: it provides the ingredients for life to organize itself into a living system capable of growth and adaptation. This function is in the word itself: in-formation.
A system’s semipermeable boundary is its sense-making or information-processing function. Beyond the boundary there is always more data to process; chaos is the greatest creator of information—every moment is rich with newness. Using cognition, a living system decides what to pay attention to and how best to respond. From the booming buzzing confusion, everything ...
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