The amount of information that can be stored by the ultimate laptop, 10 to the 31st bits, is much higher than the 10 to the 10th bits stored on current laptops.

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In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how...

In order to figure out how to make atoms compute, you have to learn how...

We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable,...

We have a picture for how complexity arises, because if the universe is computationally capable,...

I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a...

I would suggest, merely as a metaphor here, but also as the basis for a...

If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better...

If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better...

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Thinking of the universe as a computer is controversial.

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by...

Science consists exactly of those forms of knowledge that can be verified and duplicated by...

Merely by existing and evolving in time - by existing - any physical system registers...

Merely by existing and evolving in time - by existing - any physical system registers...

At some point, Moore's law will break down.

At some point, Moore's law will break down.

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your...

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your...

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.

Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and the second law of thermodynamics.

Of course, one way of thinking about all of life and civilization is as being...

Of course, one way of thinking about all of life and civilization is as being...

All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one...

All physical systems can be thought of as registering and processing information, and how one...

If you take a more Darwinian point of view the dynamics of the universe are...

If you take a more Darwinian point of view the dynamics of the universe are...

Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing,...

Every physical system registers information, and just by evolving in time, by doing its thing,...

I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that...

I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that...

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

Indeed, as the above calculation indicates, to take full advantage of the memory space available,...

Indeed, as the above calculation indicates, to take full advantage of the memory space available,...

One of the things that I've been doing recently in my scientific research is to...

One of the things that I've been doing recently in my scientific research is to...

There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and...

There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and...

Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the...

Of course, not everybody's willing to go out and do the experiments, but for the...