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The question could be: how much of our activity is fighting entropy, and how much of that can be counted as worthwhile?

100% of our worthwhile activity is fighting entropy.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Sep 20th, 2006 at 09:21:12 AM EST

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OK. What I meant was fighting destruction (rapid disorder: catastrophe, wars, etc...) as opposed to fighting decay (normal wear and tear and normal needs)

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 20th, 2006 at 10:11:31 AM EST
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I didn't say 100% of our entropy fighting is worthwhile, though. Building something new is an entropy-reducing activity just like fighting decay.

A little more contentious might be the observation that distinguishing between "normal" and "catastrophic" decay requires drawing an arbitrary line.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Sep 20th, 2006 at 10:18:29 AM EST
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