Claude Shannon: Patterns Erase Uncertainty

In a previous post, we talked about how the decision-making process is the act of rescuing one potentiality from a field of uncertainty and delivering it permanently into the certainty of your past. Think about that for a moment. When you are faced with a decision, there is an array of possible outcomes based on … Read more

Claude Shannon: Overcoming Noise

The hedge fund manager Michael Burry said he met his wife through the dating site Match.com with a profile that read, “I am a medical student with only one eye, an awkward social manner, and $145,000 in student loans.” Burry said she wrote back, “You’re just what I’ve been looking for.” She understood that if … Read more