When information is cheap, attention becomes expensive. Auteur: James Gleick Copy Quote More from James Gleick “Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.” “We all behave like Maxwell’s demon. Organisms organize. In everyday experience …” “For the purposes of science, information had to mean something special. Three c…” “As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a to…”