Entropy Rules

Grant Goodbrand

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Grant Goodbrand
01 October 2024

Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Science: general issues; Impact of science & technology on society

Must we destroy more than we create?

Human exceptionalism is our conviction that we are not solely governed by natural laws. Our exceptionalism gives the universe meaning and it makes us superior to everything. This is a myth. We are trapped believing there is a radical break between nature and us. We have subjectively constructed an unreal world in our relationships, institutions, and belief systems.

The real story is not human-centered. Science alone allows us to see ourselves from the outside, particularly through the law of entropy. This second law of thermodynamics prescribes the breakdown of organized particles into random ones that can never again be gathered into complex matter. We exist to participate in this mandate as part of the arc of the cosmos. We resist entropy but fail. This physical process underlies the conflicts within our species and social organizations as we try to amass matter but inevitably burn through it; create order and destroy it.

How can we make ourselves safe in this world? Will we create a new species? In Entropy Rules, retired psychotherapist Grant Goodbrand - with over fifty years of experience helping individuals find personal meaning- explores how the laws of physics underlie our personal meanings and the values our species imposes. This offers us within the limits of natural law ameliorating alternatives to our destructive activities.

By: Grant Goodbrand
Imprint: Grant Goodbrand
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781068939709
ISBN 10: 1068939702
Pages: 186
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Grant Goodbrand enjoyed a long and fulfilling career as a psychodynamic therapist. His first book, Therafields, chronicled the rise and fall of Lea Hindley-Smith's psychoanalytic commune in the 1970s. His interest is in the beginnings that determine the present and how individuals can find safety in a precarious world. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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Entropy Rules

Grant Goodbrand

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