Guillaume Verdon
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Well, we're far more efficient at producing heat than, let's say, just a rock with a similar mass as ourselves, right? We acquire free energy, we acquire food, and we're using all this electricity for our operation. And so, the universe wants to produce more entropy and
Well, we're far more efficient at producing heat than, let's say, just a rock with a similar mass as ourselves, right? We acquire free energy, we acquire food, and we're using all this electricity for our operation. And so, the universe wants to produce more entropy and
Well, we're far more efficient at producing heat than, let's say, just a rock with a similar mass as ourselves, right? We acquire free energy, we acquire food, and we're using all this electricity for our operation. And so, the universe wants to produce more entropy and
And by having life go on and grow, it's actually more optimal at producing entropy because it will seek out pockets of free energy and burn it for its sustenance and further growth. And that's sort of the basis of life. And there's Jeremy England at MIT who has this theory that I'm a proponent of that life emerged because of this sort of property.
And by having life go on and grow, it's actually more optimal at producing entropy because it will seek out pockets of free energy and burn it for its sustenance and further growth. And that's sort of the basis of life. And there's Jeremy England at MIT who has this theory that I'm a proponent of that life emerged because of this sort of property.
And by having life go on and grow, it's actually more optimal at producing entropy because it will seek out pockets of free energy and burn it for its sustenance and further growth. And that's sort of the basis of life. And there's Jeremy England at MIT who has this theory that I'm a proponent of that life emerged because of this sort of property.
And to me, this physics is what governs the mesoscales. And so, it's the missing piece between the quantum and the cosmos. It's the middle part, right? Thermodynamics rules the mesoscales. And to me,
And to me, this physics is what governs the mesoscales. And so, it's the missing piece between the quantum and the cosmos. It's the middle part, right? Thermodynamics rules the mesoscales. And to me,
And to me, this physics is what governs the mesoscales. And so, it's the missing piece between the quantum and the cosmos. It's the middle part, right? Thermodynamics rules the mesoscales. And to me,
both from a point of view of designing or engineering devices that harness that physics and trying to understand the world through the lens of thermodynamics has been sort of a synergy between my two identities over the past year and a half now. And so that's really how the two identities emerged. One was kind of, you know, I'm a decently respected scientist and
both from a point of view of designing or engineering devices that harness that physics and trying to understand the world through the lens of thermodynamics has been sort of a synergy between my two identities over the past year and a half now. And so that's really how the two identities emerged. One was kind of, you know, I'm a decently respected scientist and
both from a point of view of designing or engineering devices that harness that physics and trying to understand the world through the lens of thermodynamics has been sort of a synergy between my two identities over the past year and a half now. And so that's really how the two identities emerged. One was kind of, you know, I'm a decently respected scientist and
I was going towards doing a startup in the space and trying to be a pioneer of a new kind of physics-based AI. And as a dual to that, I was sort of experimenting with philosophical thoughts from a physicist's standpoint. And ultimately, I think that Around that time, it was like late 2021, early 2022, I think there was just a lot of pessimism about the future in general and pessimism about tech.
I was going towards doing a startup in the space and trying to be a pioneer of a new kind of physics-based AI. And as a dual to that, I was sort of experimenting with philosophical thoughts from a physicist's standpoint. And ultimately, I think that Around that time, it was like late 2021, early 2022, I think there was just a lot of pessimism about the future in general and pessimism about tech.
I was going towards doing a startup in the space and trying to be a pioneer of a new kind of physics-based AI. And as a dual to that, I was sort of experimenting with philosophical thoughts from a physicist's standpoint. And ultimately, I think that Around that time, it was like late 2021, early 2022, I think there was just a lot of pessimism about the future in general and pessimism about tech.
And that pessimism was sort of virally spreading because it was getting algorithmically amplified and people just felt like the future is going to be worse than the present. And to me, that is a very fundamentally destructive force in the universe, is this sort of doom mindset. Because it is hyperstitious, which means that if you believe it, you're increasing the likelihood of it happening.
And that pessimism was sort of virally spreading because it was getting algorithmically amplified and people just felt like the future is going to be worse than the present. And to me, that is a very fundamentally destructive force in the universe, is this sort of doom mindset. Because it is hyperstitious, which means that if you believe it, you're increasing the likelihood of it happening.
And that pessimism was sort of virally spreading because it was getting algorithmically amplified and people just felt like the future is going to be worse than the present. And to me, that is a very fundamentally destructive force in the universe, is this sort of doom mindset. Because it is hyperstitious, which means that if you believe it, you're increasing the likelihood of it happening.
And so... felt a responsibility to some extent to make people aware of the trajectory of civilization and the natural tendency of the system to adapt towards its growth. And sort of that actually the laws of physics say that the future is going to be better and grander statistically, and we can make it so.
And so... felt a responsibility to some extent to make people aware of the trajectory of civilization and the natural tendency of the system to adapt towards its growth. And sort of that actually the laws of physics say that the future is going to be better and grander statistically, and we can make it so.