Entropy is a scientific fact that is not accepted by many people, even though the latter explains events through time. One of the simplistic examples of entropy is that of an egg that somehow ended up cracked and splattered on a floor. The damaged egg will not reverse its trajectory and return whole to its original position, as proven empirically and understood as “common sense.” Yet, in the grand scheme, neither the former or latter offers any reason why the sequence of events occur or why those events are irreversible.
Entropy explains everything through the passage of time, all the way to end of the universe itself by “heat death.” Entropy explains aging as well as the failed “civilization” paradigm. There is no way to stop the increase of entropy. Any attempt to return order to an increasingly disordered system will only cause entropy to increase more rapidly.
Population growth increases entropy. Technological advances increase entropy. Knowledge increases entropy. The passage of time increases entropy. With increasing entropy, disorder increases (often not linearly). Understanding the effects of increasing entropy is essential to coping with the frustrations of what is generally referred to as “life.”
The pedestrian issues that were delineated in the most recent Notes of the previous year are those that are being carried on into the new year. In summary, those issues include:
- Housing (or homelessness)
- Medicare (senior citizen “cash cow”)
- Geriatrics (and death).
Addendum: The Molech-themed Twitter® feed was resurrected a few months ago. Much more effort is being devoted to the latter than to Notes.
New Year’s Eve Addendum: A stroll down to Waikiki Beach at 11:30pm, the first since moving to the “old folks home,” was not leisurely. Thousands of people were present, stretching all the way down to Fudgepacker Park. The only midnight fireworks show scheduled for the area was located at the Aloha Tower, a few miles away.
Fortunately, an unoccupied picnic table at Fudgepacker Park was found and a fairly good observation post was established. The homeless were also unwitting participants in the festivities. Was it fun? Not really. Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!
Update: The buddy who resides in the older building at the “old folks home” in Waikiki disclosed that there has been one death and two other geriatric residents transported to the emergency room (both returning in worse shape) recently.
Legacy “Blog” Update: The legacy “blog” was finally edited to remove the defunct Photobucket images placeholders. Unfortunately, in the process, some of the posts lost formatting. Fuck it!
Legacy Journal Update: The partial index of the later segments of the legacy journal has been restored. The entire site will also be downloaded and archived. A compressed file (optimally for use with a personal Web server) of the archive is available to the general public. Incidentally, the site on Tripod is actually optimized for “smartphones.”
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