‘Entropy: A New World View’ is a book that explores the sustainability of modern civilization based on the Second Law of Thermodynamics. A few weeks ago, I was waiting in line at the bus stop to catch the school shuttle. A blue bus I hadn’t seen before approached from a distance, with the words ‘Electric Bus Trial Run’ written on its front. This can be seen as part of the policy...
Will entropy lead humanity to ruin, or is technology the key to salvation?
This blog post explores the concept of thermal death presented in ‘Entropy: A New World View’ and how technological advancement could transform humanity’s future. The author begins the book by addressing the mechanistic worldview. He holds a skeptical view of the mechanistic worldview built over the past 300 years by Francis Bacon, René Descartes, and Isaac Newton. According to this...