Note on Data and Reality via William Kent

So, does the creation and destruction of information have any direct relationship to the beginning and ending of objects? Almost never. “Create” and “destroy”, when applied to information, really instruct the system to “perceive” and “forget”.

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FROM:

William Kent

Data and Reality

The system usually needs to handle reintroduction of previously forgotten data.

And that’s usually beneficial for users because it means progress isn’t a destructive action.