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Matt Ridley on the Evolution of Everything

New Frontier

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The Importance of Energy in Complex Systems

In his new book, David Wheeler explores the idea that complex systems are more likely than not to emerge. He argues that life is a system for reversing entropy on a local scale. The more energy we put into the system, the more improbability we can create,. And it does seem to me that that is a really, really big theme of what it's all about.

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