INFORMATION. Technology. In the Internet age, the two are inextricably
linked, yet we usually deal with them in entirely separate domains. Technology
gives us the means to solve problems, while information is an abstraction beyond
the embodiment of any particular idea.
In academia and industry, the study of information is separated from the
study of devices that manipulate it. People must generally choose between
working on hardware or software, between being a physical scientist or a
computer scientist, between developing content or the channels that carry
it.
In fact, information and technology are necessarily connected through the
behaviour of physical…
