Describes a process, system, or force that creates order, structure, and organization, thereby reducing chaos or entropy. Coined from the terms negative and entropic, it essentially means reversing the natural, physical tendency of the universe to break down into randomness.
Everything decays when no one is watching it. Systems drift, certificates lapse, the backups quietly stop running, and the universe, left to its own devices, settles toward a flat and final nothing. This is not a metaphor. It is the second law of thermodynamics, and it is undefeated.
Holding back entropy takes energy. Someone has to be willing to spend that energy.
Usually that someone has coffee.
What do we owe each other? After five-odd decades, I still can't hand you the whole answer. But I know it isn't nothing. So we start there, and we keep the lights on.
— Filed by Dave · OperationsCurious what this looks like in practice — or what I'm looking for in return?