“We should not be content to say that power has a need for such-and-such a discovery, such-and-such a form of knowledge, but we should add that the exercise of power itself creates and causes to emerge new objects of knowledge and accumulates new bodies of information. ... The exercise of power perpetually creates knowledge and, conversely, knowledge constantly induces effects of power. ... It is not possible for power to be exercised without knowledge, it is impossible for knowledge not to engender power.” NeedsShouldBodyFormCausesImpossibleEffectsInformationObjectsExerciseDiscoveryAddKnowledge And Power Author:Michel Foucault
“The seeing of objects involves many sources of information beyond those meeting the eye when we look at an object. It generally involves knowledge of the object derived from previous experience, and this experience is not limited to vision but may include the other senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and perhaps also temperature or pain.” LooksMayEyePainVisionSeeingInformationObjectsSourcePerspectiveTasteMeetingsHearingSmellSensesTemperature Author:Richard Gregory
“Deep attention, the cognitive style traditionally associated with the humanities, is characterized by concentrating on a single object for long periods (say, a novel by Dickens), ignoring outside stimuli while so engaged, preferring a single information stream, and having a high tolerance for long focus times. Hyper attention is characterized by switching focus rapidly among different tasks, preferring multiple information streams, seeking a high level of stimulation, and having a low tolerance for boredom.” LongDifferentHumanityLevelsAttentionNovelFocusStyleInformationObjectsPeriodsLowsTasksSeekingToleranceEngagedStreamsBoredomMultipleStimulusConcentratingCognitiveHigh LevelDickensStimulationHyperSwitching Author:N. Katherine Hayles
“If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will never be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy.” PeopleIfsHandsGovernmentAbleIndividualInformationPolicyObjectsSafeForeign PolicyNsaGovernment PolicyClassified Information Author:Barack Obama
“Minimize the user's memory load by making objects, actions, and options visible. The user should not have to remember information from one part of the dialogue to another. Instructions for use of the system should be visible or easily retrievable whenever appropriate.” ShouldUseActionRememberMemoriesInformationObjectsDialogueVisibleAppropriateInstructionUsersLoad Author:Jakob Nielsen
“The object . . . is to discover methods of condensing information concerning large groups of allied facts into brief and compendious expressions suitable for discussion.” FactsGroupsInformationObjectsExpressionMethodDiscussionSuitableLarge Groups Author:Francis Galton
“Education is not acquisition of burdensome information regarding objects and men. It is the awareness of the immortal spirit within,, which is the spring of joy, peace and courage.” MenJoySpiritAwarenessInformationObjectsSpringEducationalImmortalAcquisition Author:Sai Baba
“Black holes, we all know, are these regions where if an object falls in, it can't get out, but the puzzle that many struggled with over the decades is, what happens to the information that an object contains when it falls into a black hole. Is it simply lost?” IfsKnowsHappensFallLostBlackInformationObjectsDecadesHolesRegionsPuzzlesBlack Hole Author:Brian Greene
“[The artist's aim is] not to instruct the viewer, but to give him information... . The artist would follow his predetermined premise to its conclusion, avoiding subjectivity. Chance, taste, or unconsciously remembered forms would play no part in the outcome. The serial artist does not attempt to produce a beautiful or mysterious object but functions merely as a clerk cataloguing the results of his premise.” GivingDoePlayBeautifulFormArtistChanceResultsInformationObjectsProduceTasteFunctionAimConclusionMysteriousRememberedOutcomesAvoidingViewersPremisesSubjectivitySerialsClerksPredetermined Author:Sol LeWitt
“The photograph is the only picture that can truly convey information, even if it is technically faulty and the object can barely be identified. A painting of a murder is of no interest whatever; but a photograph of a murder fascinates everyone.” IfsInterestInformationObjectsPaintingMurderPhotograph Book:Gerhard Richter: text : writings, interviews and letters, 1961-2007 Source: Gerhard Richter: text : writings, interviews and letters, 1961-2007
“In the past few decades, there has been a revolution in how we perceive the body. What appears to be an object, a three-dimensional anatomical structure, is actually a process, a constant flow of energy and information.” Has BeensBodyPastThreeEnergyProcessInformationObjectsRevolutionFlowStructureConstantDecadesPerceive Author:Deepak Chopra
“All the basic information should be in the object itself.” ShouldInformationObjects Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“Consequentialist theories pretend that we can set some great big ends (the general happiness, human flourishing), provide ourselves with definite enough conceptions of them to make them the objects of instrumental reasoning, and then obtain enough reliable information about what actions will best promote them that we could regulate our conduct by these considerations alone.” HumansEndsEnoughBigsActionInformationObjectsTheoryReasoningConsiderationConceptionDefiniteFlourishing Author:Allen W. Wood