The (re-)materialisation of information into digits (the digitisation of information
The (re-)materialisation of information into digits (the digitisation of information
The digital world is made up of digital information. For the past few decades humanity has been busy digitising its information (and working with it in this form). Digitisation is not, however, dematerialisation. It is just another form of materialisation (of already dematerialised information), this time in an entirely new format, one that is machine-readable. It is the transformation of information into digits. (Accordingly, the dematerialisation of information should not be confused with the digitisation of information.) Humans created specific tools for this purpose. Digitised information is not tangible, it can only be processed by humans with the assistance of information processing tools (i.e., computers, in essence artificial Beings).
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