The notion that the information doesn’t come from anywhere, but that it is present everywhere, is one of the more intriguing hypotheses in contemporary physics. While most scientists hold that the universe is made up of combinations of energy and matter, or even timespace, others hold that at its simplest expression, the universe is information.

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Of course, there was information in the past, too. But it did not determine society to such a degree as today. In antiquity, mythical narratives determined people’s lives and behavior. The Middle Ages were, for many, determined by the Christian narrative. But information was embedded in narration: An outbreak of the plague was not pure, simple... See more