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From: awex@wxlvax.UUCP (Alan Wexelblat)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: New topic: property status of information
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Date: Fri, 18-Nov-83 23:59:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 18 23:59:10 1983
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As one of my heros once said: "Propery is theft."

Information is really the only valuable commodity.  All other things are
information disguised.  All of 'business' is the transfer of information.
Property, therefore, can be expressed as just another kind of information.
I think that the question is mis-stated.

If you don't agree, try this thought experiment:  in a computer (human or
mechanical), how much of what goes on is computation, and how much is
communication?  I think the answer will surprise you.

--Alan Wexelblat  (the vanishing philosopher)
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