WORLD SHIFTS: Some thoughts about non-alpha-numerical data Dmiritri: (gazing at a digital image) What does this image say to you? Ying: Looks like the world is being sucked up and converted into alpha-numeric information. Satoru: That happens all the time. Too much information can be blinding. Most of us are flooded with more information than we can effectively process. Dmiritri: Yeah. We've got to remember that text and numbers are not the only forms of information. Our civilization relies too heavily on words and numbers. In many ways, however, non-textual and non-numerical information is more important. ===================================================================================== from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields SUMMARY: A digital image and conversation about how textual information can change the way the world is perceived. KEYWORDS: global textual transformations, linguistic information, information overload Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 2002 in Nagoya, Japan ⩝ Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/cult.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/PeacePoems/ecopeace.htm