Behavior of Information

Part I LIVING INFORMATION

• 1.1 Information spreads.
• 1.2 Information evolves.
• 1.3 Natural selection.
• 1.4 Crossing.
• 1.5 Flowering.
• 1.6 Birth and death.
• 1.7 Living information.
• 1.8 Active aspect of information.
• 1.9 Usage.

• 2.1 Structure.
• 2.2 Organism.
• 2.3 Information being.
• 2.4 Specialization.
• 2.5 Behavior.
• 2.6 Biological life versus information life.

• 3.1 Using Information.
• 3.2 Knowledge.
• 3.3 Information expresses itself.
• 3.4 Knowledge is Information.
• 3.5 Broadening our subject.
• 3.6 Evolution of information.

Part II ACTIVITY OF INFORMATION

• 4.1 Abstraction versus instantiations.
• 4.2 Building an abstraction.
• 4.3 Abstraction and learning.
• 4.4 Use of existing abstractions helps.
• 4.5 Generalizations and hypothesis.
• 4.6 Conscious use of hypothesis in science.
• 4.7 Abstraction and classification.

• 5.1 Instantiation.
• 5.2 Assigning details.
• 5.3 Instantiating using a given context.
• 5.4 Sharing smaller abstractions.
• 5.5 Conditioning.
• 5.6 Memorizing and remembering.
• 5.7 Classification.
• 5.8 Relation between instantiations.
• 5.9 Hierarchy of abstractness.

• 6.1 Mapping.
• 6.2 Restriction of possible instantiations.
• 6.3 Need for experience.
• 6.4 Link between worlds.
• 6.5 Offspring of instantiated information.
• 6.6 Spreading of the building blocks.
• 6.7 Propagation of abstract information.
• 6.8 Mapping for communication.

• 7.1 Information becomes stronger.
• 7.2 Interlocked Information.
• 7.3 Stable mappings extend like zippers.
• 7.4 Exceptions.
• 7.5 Contradiction.
• 7.6 Induration.
• 7.7 Strength of an information element.
• 7.8 Nature of induration.
• 7.9 Interaction required.
• 7.10 Symmetrical aspect of an interaction.
• 7.11 Effect of the environment.

• 8.1 Insulation.
• 8.2 Nature of information, nature of induration.
• 8.3 Pairs of opposites.
• 8.4 Insulation and time.
• 8.5 Vertical insulation.
• 8.6 Gaining experience.
• 8.7 Short circuit effects.
• 8.8 Information organization.
• 8.9 Communication channels.
• 8.10 Mapping.

• 9.1 Energy.
• 9.2 Insulation and energy.
• 9.3 Using energy to insulate.
• 9.4 Using energy to indurate.
• 9.5 Using energy to propagate.
• 9.6 Release of energy.
• 9.7 Short field and long field effects.
• 9.8 Insulation and time.
• 9.9 Attraction and repulsion.
• 9.10 Collapse.
• 9.11 Food for information beings.
• 9.12 Acquiring energy.
• 9.13 Interaction between information.
• 9.14 Limited food for information.
• 9.15 Relativity of truth.
• 9.16 Protection of abstract information.

• 10.1 Matter.
• 10.2 Space, time, matter and energy.
• 10.3 Universe as breeding ground for information.
• 10.4 Gravity.
• 10.5 Life.
• 10.6 Organs of the Universe.
• 10.7 Evolution.
• 10.8 Expansion and Collapse of the Universe.
• 10.9 Distances in the World.
• 10.10 Constants of nature.
• 10.11 Cosmos not explained.
• 10.12 Moving versus copying.

Part III EVOLUTION OF INFORMATION

• 11.1 Feedback from the environment.
• 11.2 Joy / Pain detection.
• 11.3 Instantiation of complex beings.
• 11.4 Gaining Experience.
• 11.5 Ideal Information structure.
• 11.6 Assimilation of experience.
• 11.7 Using Experience.
• 11.8 Development of abstract elements.
• 11.9 Evolution.

• 12.1 Experience reflects the environment.
• 12.2 What experience to use?
• 12.3 Internal context.
• 12.4 Sensing.
• 12.5 Insulation from environment, thoughts.
• 12.6 Thought centers.
• 12.7 Synchronizing thoughts.
• 12.8 Fast switching between mappings.
• 12.9 Analogies.
• 12.10 Thinking while working.
• 12.11 Temporary insulation.
• 12.12 Activity in thought centers.
• 12.13 The brain.

• 13.1 Organization of thought centers.
• 13.2 Coherent thought fields.
• 13.3 Frequent short contacts.
• 13.4 Fuzzy borders.
• 13.5 Protection of abstract elements.
• 13.6 Our observation point.
• 13.7 Suggestion from a higher center.
• 13.8 Further concretization.
• 13.9 Thinking ahead.
• 13.10 Concretization of an abstract plan.
• 13.11 Skew in thoughts.
• 13.12 Unexpected problems.
• 13.13 Revision of the higher plan required.
• 13.14 Molecules.

• 14.1 Organizing effect of information.
• 14.2 Externalization.
• 14.3 Recurrent externalization.
• 14.4 Need for externalization.
• 14.5 Balanced opposites.
• 14.6 Features of the new organism.
• 14.7 Interaction of abstract elements.
• 14.8 Instantiation is externalization.
• 14.9 Entity.
• 14.10 Mapping.
• 14.11 Gaining experience.
• 14.12 Thoughts.
• 14.13 Deep integration.
• 14.14 Organizing elements by grasping them.
• 14.15 Restriction of abstract possibilities.

• 15.1 From organism to externalized organism.
• 15.2 Steps in externalization.
• 15.3 Interacting cycles - Ongoing evolution.
• 15.4 Phases of the externalization cycle.
• 15.5 Model of the external world.
• 15.6 Increasing awareness.
• 15.7 Awareness of others of the same kind.
• 15.8 Competition.
• 15.9 Communication.
• 15.10 Point of maximum diversification.
• 15.11 Abstraction.
• 15.12 Developing cooperation.
• 15.13 Developing organization.
• 15.14 Economy of energy.
• 15.15 Limitation of individual instantiation.
• 15.16 Control over the economy of energy.
• 15.17 Awareness of external factors.
• 15.18 Development of senses.
• 15.19 Hierarchy of abstractness.

• 16.1 Information life.
• 16.2 Life of an instantiation.
• 16.3 Phases of life.
• 16.4 Life cycle.
• 16.5 Trigger for new externalization.
• 16.6 Dreaming of a better externalization.
• 16.7 Enough energy for new externalization.
• 16.8 Changed environment, new externalization.
• 16.9 Preparation for a new externalization.
• 16.10 Development of the new body.
• 16.11 Birth.
• 16.12 Growth.
• 16.13 Using energy.
• 16.14 Natural death.
• 16.15 Violent death.
• 16.16 Insulation.
• 16.17 Burning out.
• 16.18 Long lasting fires.
• 16.19 Straw fires.

• 17.1 Consecutive manifestations.
• 17.2 Difficulties.
• 17.3 New externalizations.
• 17.4 Desire to change the mapping.
• 17.5 Ways out.
• 17.6 Simultaneous existence of externalizations.
• 17.7 Levels of propagation.
• 17.8 Use of older building material.
• 17.9 Breeding grounds.
• 17.10 Tree of manifestation.

• 18.1 Cooperating elements.
• 18.2 Awareness of an organism.
• 18.3 Grasping awareness.
• 18.4 Externalizing awareness.
• 18.5 Preliminary stage.
• 18.6 Elements become aware of each other.
• 18.7 Developing internal model of the other.
• 18.8 Taking advantage.
• 18.9 Equalization of awareness.
• 18.10 Awareness of an organism.
• 18.11 From hierarchical to service model.
• 18.12 Remaining hierarchy.
• 18.13 Parasites.
• 18.14 Economy.
• 18.15 Older and newer externalizations.
• 18.16 Breeding grounds.
• 18.17 Inhabitant.
• 18.18 Soft information controlling an organism.
• 18.19 Distributed awareness.
• 18.20 Coherent thought fields.
• 18.21 Consciousness.
• 18.22 Gaining control over new externalization.
• 18.23 Moving versus copying.
• 18.24 Conscious and unconscious thoughts.
• 18.25 Boundaries of consciousness.
• 18.26 Extension of the awareness.

• 19.1 Individuality.
• 19.2 Entity.
• 19.3 Different among others of the same kind.
• 19.4 Unchangeable nature.
• 19.5 Will.
• 19.6 Mineral, plant, animal and man.
• 19.7 Older structures.
• 19.8 Experience.

Part IV APPLICATIONS

• 20.1 Nothing new.
• 20.2 Sensing as communication.
• 20.3 Sensing by externalization.
• 20.4 Sensing by using conditioned elements.
• 20.5 Passive sensing of changing conditions.
• 20.6 Active sensing.

• 21.1 Communication.
• 21.2 Externalization of communication.
• 21.3 Communication between elements.
• 21.4 Communication inside an organism.
• 21.5 Broadcasting.
• 21.6 Development of senses.
• 21.7 Internal model of the world.
• 21.8 Model of own actions in the environment.
• 21.9 Recognition of actions of others.
• 21.10 Communication.
• 21.11 Learning from others.
• 21.12 Intentional communication output.
• 21.13 Disconnecting symbols from actions.
• 21.14 Increasing abstractness of symbols.
• 21.15 Choice of symbols.

• 22.1 Expressed knowledge.
• 22.2 Active information.
• 22.3 Recognizing structures.
• 22.4 Mental model.
• 22.5 Structures.
• 22.6 Contact with the outside world.
• 22.7 Energy.
• 22.8 Context switching.
• 22.9 Internal attraction and repulsion.
• 22.10 Open endings.
• 22.11 Construction of complex models.
• 22.12 Human thought centers.
• 22.13 Communication of complex models.
• 22.14 Similarity with biological molecules.
• 22.15 Decay of context structures.
• 22.16 Memory.

• 23.1 Applying the theory.
• 23.2 Human body and society.
• 23.3 Human body and its cells.
• 23.4 More mappings.
• 23.5 Extrapolation.

• 24.1 Human intelligence.
• 24.2 Grasping intelligence.
• 24.3 Extracting structure.
• 24.4 Simulating the brain cells.
• 24.5 Difficulties.
• 24.6 Unlimited complexity?
• 24.7 Limited complexity.
• 24.8 Memorizing the reflexes of the lowest levels.
• 24.9 Computers.
• 24.10 New instantiation.