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A Mathematical Theory of Communication on “Boston Papers That Rewired My Brain”, a list by Marcus Hsu on TheLysts.

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The patient zero of the digital age. Every bit you've ever sent traces back to this one. Absurdly clean for something this foundational.
Paper
Shannon, 1948, Bell System Technical Journal
Institution
MIT (Shannon's home base pre/post Bell Labs)
Field
Information theory