Thermodynamics

Posts tagged with thermodynamics.

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• The Physics of Agency, Part 1: The Physical Nature of Agency - Opening the flagship series, this post argues that agency is not a mystical psychological artifact b
• The Physics of Agency, Part 2: Agency vs Drift – The Thermodynamic Basis of Agency - This installment formalizes the adversary of agency: entropic drift.
• The Physics of Agency, Part 3: The Kybit - Introduces the kybit as a quantitative measure of intentional control, defined using Kullback-Leible
• The Physics of Agency, Part 1: The Physical Nature of Agency - Foundational post introducing the Physics of Agency framework.
• The Physics of Agency, Part 2: Agency vs Drift – The Thermodynamic Basis of Agency - Establishes the fundamental opposition: agency vs drift.
• The Physics of Agency, Part 3: The Kybit — A New Unit of Control - Here the series defines the kybit as the quantitative measure of intentional control, instantiated a
• The Physics of Agency, Part 4: The Law of Control Work - Establishes the Law of Control Work: exercising intentional control costs energy proportional to kyb
• The Physics of Agency, Part 3: The Kybit — A New Unit of Control - Introduces the kybit as fundamental unit of control, analogous to the bit for information.
• The Physics of Agency, Part 4: The Law of Control Work — Agency Costs Energy - Establishes first thermodynamic law of agency: exercising control requires physical work proportiona
• The Physics of Agency, Part 5: The Law of Agency Decay — Entropy Always Wins - Establishes second thermodynamic law: without continuous energy input, agency capacity inevitably de
• The Physics of Agency, Part 6: The Law of Agency Limits — Perfect Control Is Impossible - Establishes third thermodynamic law: perfect, frictionless control over future outcomes is physicall
• The Physics of Agency, Part 9: Challenges and FAQs - Addresses key challenges to Physics of Agency framework.
• The Three Thermodynamic Laws of Agency - Synthesis/recap of three thermodynamic laws established in Physics of Agency series: **(1) Law of Co
• Active Inference and the Physics of Agency - Integrates Karl Friston’s Active Inference (Variational Free-Energy Principle) with the Three Thermo
• Quantum Agency in the Emergent Multiverse - Integrates David Wallace’s The Emergent Multiverse (MWI via decoherence) with Three Thermodynamic
• Flamboyance and Entropy - Reviews Howard Bloom’s “The Case of the Sexual Cosmos,” which suggests discarding the Second Law of
• The Rise of Symbients - This post introduces the concept of “symbients”—a radical departure from conventional AI paradigms t
• Against Leviathan - This post establishes hard structural limits on collective agency: coordination beyond narrow, non-s