PECULIARITIES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF ELECTRO-DIGITAL INFORMATION

Abstract The article explains the essence of electro-digital information as a modern intangible asset and the key resource of the digital economy/business, and evaluates its specific characteristics, such as cognitive load, purpose, "perishability," ease of production, the necessity for rapid updates, the ability to multiply freely and indefinitely, and how, through trading and consumption, it does not decrease, but rather, on the contrary, grows, with an unlimited scope of use and simultaneous expansion in various services. It is considered that traditional technologies of information transmission (speech, writing, printed materials) have developed and shaped modern civilization as a necessary regularity — a highly distinctive, diverse, and uniquely valuable phenomenon in the development of humanity. It is also clearly confirmed that our "life" is communication with others, that is, the intensive reception and transmission of information. In modern information transmission practices, the binary system dominates, where only two digits ("0" and "1") are used. Unlike its predecessors, modern electrocommunication is not limited by geographical boundaries or time-based operational modes; it has no specific user and is characterized by the rapid transmission of large volumes and diverse types of information. It enables the emergence of new human capabilities, the creation of new terminologies, and many other developments. Although electrocommunication is a qualitatively transformative process in today's digital environment, it is not a universal solution to global problems — such as ethnopolitical conflicts, environmental issues, poverty, and others. Humanity is entering a new era of development. The pace of activity and everyday life is accelerating, human thinking is changing, intellectual horizons are expanding, and the traditional paradigm of perceiving the world is being reshaped.