This was definitely the best book I read in the last year and really changed my larger worldview and led me down the path into information and chaos theory. I particularly like how you put it here:
"It also provides an interesting sort of grand purpose for humanity - to be caretakers of this little region of ordered information we find ourselves in."
that is an elegant summary of that concept which really resonated with me, but I hadn't been able to quite put into words. Thanks!