If the world is an encoding, then decipherment continues to reduce the unknown, and this might even be measured in terms of bandwidth, tolerances, and so forth. Consider the illegibility and illiteracy of the world, and consider the following, somewhat practical, concerns. Illiteracy - the inability to read and write.
Every text is illegible.
Computer illiteracy - the inability to use computer technology. Nothing and everything are simultaneously interpretable in writing. Reading and writing on the Net.