# information > Information only exists when there’s a material substrate of matter and energy to store, transmit, and process it. Information is part of a material world. But it’s a strange part. The word information is hardly new, but the science of information is very new; it is a postwar creation > > – [[Capital is Dead]] > Information is a rather strange thing. Contrary to the popular understanding, there’s nothing ideal or immaterial about it > > – [[Capital is Dead]]