“The information highway is being sold to us as delivering information, but what it's really delivering is data... Unlike data, information has utility, timeliness, accuracy, a pedigree... Editors serve as barometers of quality, and most of an editor's time is spent saying no.” QualityInformationInternetDataEditorsFree SpeechHighwaysUtilityAccuracySaying NoDeliveringBarometerPedigreeTimeliness Author:Clifford Stoll
“Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between information and knowledge. What turns the gears in our brains isn't information, but ideas, inventions, and inspiration. Knowledge-not information-implies understanding. And beyond knowledge lies what we should be seeking: wisdom.” ShouldIdeasInspirationScienceLyingTurnsUnderstandingBrainKnowledgeInformationOceanSeekingWideInventionDataGears Author:Clifford Stoll
“Minds think with ideas, not information No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought.” ThinkingMindIdeasSciencePowerInformationAmountInspiredDataSubstitutesProcessingBandwidth Author:Clifford Stoll
“Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom.” WisdomUnderstandingKnowledgeLearningInformationAstronomyDataProgrammingThought ProvokingKnowledge And WisdomData ScienceKnowledge And UnderstandingKnowledge And InformationInformation Knowledge Author:Clifford Stoll
“Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.” InformationLibraryDataFiftyCementSkyscraper Author:Clifford Stoll
