Info Smörgåsbord

Going through papers (again) I saved 'Infovore' from New Scientist back in 2006. Individually and collectively we are hungry for information (even when asleep - in the form of dreams?), hence we are infovores. The brief article explains work by Bierderman and Vessel, Perceptual Pleasure and the Brain. Information gives us a high via a "type of chemical receptor known as mu-opioid".

If time ever permits I would like to write again about 'information':

The pull quote reads: 

"Information that triggers the most memories causes the greatest pleasure"

Clearly from 2006 there may be further studies to consider, but revisiting this since 1996 a new paper would incorporate the informational dimensions of Hodges' model. The pull quote with its emphasis on memory and pleasure begs discussion of persons living with dementia.

Another saved newspaper concerned a book review from 2015 Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies by César Hidalgo. Searching here on W2tQ there's no post about this text - hence why it's still gathering dust.

https://www.ft.com/content/36cad2c0-1038-11e5-ad5a-00144feabdc0in

Finally and related to 'information', data and knowledge are the way Hodges' model suggests and can make explicit disciplinary bridge as posted previously 

[ https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2009/08/combining-h2cm-informing-science-and.html ].

For me, the FT is expensive, (as mentioned before) so I want to squeeze out all the value I can. Another page, by Gillian Tett (2014) discusses "How should we analyse our lives?" The book here is Alex "Sandy" Pentland's Social Physics.

This scratches the surface of papers [a few printed, the majority now on Zotero], other items from the quality press and science media I've kept.

I mention this as after this month all I will be posting [ and tweeting @h2cm ] are the remaining book reviews and other occasional items. A new citation is worthy of a post and celebration for Hodges' model - added already to the bibliography listing in the sidebar. Again if you can add to the bibliography, are interested in using Hodges' model and writing too please let me know. I'm conscious here and on twitter I feel I'm repeating myself and rather wasting my time. That said in mitigation and a blatant excuse the past 18 months has enforced a holding pattern on us all. When the pattern breaks I'd like to be 'elsewhere' in terms of any teaching opportunities, completing some writing and addressing the outstanding lack of a digital presence.

Thanks for your visit and time.

The Word, Infovore, New Scientist, 22 July 2006, p.56. (Sorry no more details).
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125612-200-the-word-infovore/

Bierderman, I., Vessel, E. Perceptual Pleasure and the Brain, American Scientist. May-June 2006, Volume 94, Number 3, p.247. DOI: 10.1511/2006.59.247
https://www.americanscientist.org/article/perceptual-pleasure-and-the-brain

Gillian Tett (2014) "How should we analyse our lives?", FT Weekend, Magazine, January 14-15, p.46.

Jones, P. (1996) Humans, Information, and Science, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24(3),591-598.