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Symmetry: Culture and Science
Volume 35, Number 3, pages 381-384 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.26830/symmetry_2024_3_381

DIATTOLOGY AND INFORMATIONAL OPTIMUM MAXIMUM: A WORLDVIEW BY SUBTRACTION

Matteo Tonoli^1*, Massimo Bustreo²

¹ Milan, Italy.
Email: matteot1970@gmail.com

² IULM University, Milan, Italy.
Email: massimo.bustreo@iulm.it

* corresponding author

Abstract: The article explores the concept of “Lean Symmetry” applied to information theory, with the aim of defining what we mean by a 'symmetrical message' and what are the steps to achieve it. To do this, we use the prism of “diattology”, a new worldview that operates through subtraction. The aim is to strive towards the asymptotic ideal represented by "rightness," a contemporary (or post-contemporary) rendition of the principles of Albertian concinnitas and Apollonian katà métron.

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