informiin
Informiin is a speculative unit used in discussions of information quality and decision usefulness. Unlike a bit, which measures information in a Shannon sense, informiin aims to capture the practical value of information for a specific decision-maker in a real-world context: how much the information reduces uncertainty, and how actionable the outcome becomes.
Origin and usage: Informiin is a neologism that appears in discussions of information ethics, media literacy,
Measurement and interpretation: As a flexible concept, informiin is not tied to a fixed numerical scale. In
Examples: In a hypothetical policy briefing, learning a verified projection that changes the preferred mitigation strategy
Criticism: Critics argue that informiin’s vagueness limits its usefulness for rigorous analysis and risks conflating data
See also: information, data, knowledge, information theory, information utility.