Entropy is a fact of life and a basic law of the universe. It’s why maintaining simplicity and focus in life gets harder with time. Knowing that entropy exists is the most important key to fighting against it – which, as it turns out, is one of the principal activities of being alive.
Entropy applies to every part of our lives. It is inescapable, and even if we try to ignore it, the result is a collapse of some sort.
Understanding entropy leads to a radical change in the way we see the world. Ignorance of it is responsible for many of our biggest mistakes and failures. We cannot expect anything to stay the way we leave it. To maintain our health, relationships, careers, skills, knowledge, societies, and possessions requires never-ending effort and vigilance.
Disorder is not a mistake; it is our default.
– Farnam Street, Entropy: The Hidden Force That Complicates Life
Order is always artificial and temporary.”
Read more at Farnam Street.
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