by Instaurator

“Man’s purpose on earth …is to create order.” — Maxim Gorky

THERMODYNAMICS, as the name implies, originated as a systematic study of the processes used to convert heat into a more useful form of energy. An empirical science that has now been thoroughly developed, thermodynamics can be useful in analyzing not only heat engines but also the socioeconomic-genetic systems known as High Cultures.

A common property of an ordered system is that the aggregate, due to the interactions of its constituents, has very different properties than its parts. Consider a deck of cards. The deck, which is a gaming system, has very different properties than any single card. A new deck . . . → Read More: The Thermodynamics of High Culture