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Why the Theory of Constraints Actually Works
Entropy, Flow, and the Physics of Organizational Practice Managers often treat the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Little’s Law as...
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Oct 9, 20254 min read
Dancing With Entropy: A Manifesto
The universe is not a machine of fixed order, but a restless unfolding of uncertainty and entropy . (Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle...
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Oct 9, 20253 min read
The Entropic Dance, Part 5: When Life Must Bend or Break
Introduction Life has always been a wager against uncertainty. From the first self-replicating molecules drifting in ancient seas to the...
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Oct 6, 20254 min read
Three Under-Explored Mechanisms in the Evolution of Behavioral Flexibility
ABSTRACT The evolution of behavioral flexibility is typically modeled using niche breadth theory, reaction norms, optimal foraging, and bet-hedging. These frameworks capture much of the variance in when plasticity evolves, yet three mechanisms remain under-formalized. H1 (Tail structure): Standard plasticity models parameterize environmental variability by mean, variance, and autocorrelation; they rarely treat extreme events as having independent structure. We formalize a di
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Oct 3, 202518 min read
Consciousness, Entropy, and Meaning: Overview and Introduction
A Three-Part Exploration from Neuroscience to Philosophy Purpose of This Document This introduction serves three functions: Overview :...
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Oct 2, 20256 min read
Dancing With Entropy: A Cosmological Meditation
What It Means to Be a Temporary Pattern An Epistemological Warning Parts 1 and 2 established what neuroscience and thermodynamics show...
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Oct 2, 202516 min read
The Entropic Pattern: From Cells to Civilization
Why Complexity Might Not Be Coincidence Part 1 established three empirical findings: consciousness, at its most basic level, monitors...
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Oct 2, 202515 min read
The Thermodynamics of Consciousness
Where Awareness Originates and Why It Monitors What It Does In 2014, Italian neurologists examined a three-year-old girl whose brain...
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Oct 2, 202514 min read
Consciousness as Cosmic Engine: How Life Accelerates Entropy
From Subcortical Survival to Universal Heat Death In 2014, Italian neurologists examined a three-year-old girl whose brain scans revealed...
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Oct 1, 202513 min read
Afterword: Weaving the Tapestry of the Entropic Dance
The story we have traced across these three essays has been one of continuity: from rocks weathering in the sun, to the messy compromises...
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Sep 30, 20254 min read
Part 3: The Entropic Dance of Humanity – Conflict and the Broken Path of Childhood
Introduction: Survival and Fragmentation In Part 1, we traced entropy from rocks to governments, discovering that disorder and order are...
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Sep 27, 20255 min read
Part 2: The Entropic Dance of Intelligence and Information
Introduction: From Politics to Mathematics In Part 1, we traced entropy from the solidity of rocks to the adaptability of living...
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Sep 27, 20255 min read
Part 1: The Entropic Dance of Humanity – From Physics to Politics
Introduction: The Universe and Entropy At the foundation of the universe lies the second law of thermodynamics: entropy tends to...
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Sep 27, 20255 min read
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