Chapter 01 — Information • 01.01 — Material and immaterial information, Paragraph 6.1 (§01.01.06.01)

Practically, a book sits in the head of its author (as immaterial information) until it is put on paper (it materialises, becomes material information); after it has been written down on paper, it can be printed as many times as necessary (printing essentially that same, now fixed, dematerialised information). Similarly, music sits in the head of its composer (as immaterial information) until it is put into a musical score (becomes materialised), after which any musician can reproduce it (essentially by replaying that same dematerialised, musical score). Likewise, a chair has been created in the analogue world following the design of its creator; after the first model has been created, it can be reproduced infinitely, in both the analogue and (if digitised, see §01.01.12) the digital worlds.

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