Comment: Gregory Bateson first introduced the idea that “information is a difference that makes a difference” in his 1972 book Steps to an Ecology of MindWhat is a difference, that makes a difference? It is an elementary idea, a basic unit of information.
The unit of information is a difference, which makes a difference.
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. The phrase appears in the essay “Form, Substance and Difference”, which was based on a lecture he gave at the 1970 Key West symposium on communication.Source: Form, Substance and Difference
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