A call to two-line struggle on information theory, 1974

1974 is an important year. It’s an interesting year. At the very top, things are moving again. The oil shock means that Yu Qiuli and his Oil Gang are ascendant. They want to open up to the outside world and import foreign technology. Richard Nixon has come and gone. Yu Guangyuan and Hu Qiaomu are ensconced in Deng Xiaoping’s Political Research Office. E…