Information is the #resolution of uncertainty.
Cousins are part of your life so stick with cuz, not friends.
We know the past but cannot control it. We control the future but cannot know it.
I am very seldom interested in applications. I am more interested in the elegance of a problem. Is it a good problem, an interesting problem?
Use the word 'cybernetics', Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.
The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point.