While I enjoy many of Schmachtenberger's ideas, he's wrong about this.

Evolution definitely increases entropy, if it didn't it couldn't exist. I can't tell how important this is for his overall argument but it seems like a pretty basic physics mistake to make.

While I enjoy many of Schmachtenberger's ideas, he's wrong about this.

Evolution definitely increases entropy, if it didn't it couldn't exist. I can't tell how important this is for his overall argument but it seems like a pretty basic physics mistake to make.
https://civilizationemerging.com/new-economics-series-4/

The only problem is externality pricing.

Building https://negationgame.com

This has always been really confusing to me. Life is clearly more ordered/organized than non-life. How could it be increasing entropy?

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Decreases entropy at individual (local) level, however increases are found at the population (system) level 

Similar to developments (evolution) in device energy efficiency - locally each device uses less energy, however at the population (system) level more energy is used due to increased technological capabilities

Entropy is increased when energy is used. Which causes a larger increase in entropy, a lifeless planet, or Earth?

Clearly Earth. Light that hits Mercury bounces off, only its direction changed. It hits Earth a large fraction sticks, only to be radiated later at a lower frequency (it has lost energy).

See https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-thermodynamics-theory-of-the-origin-of-life-20140122/