In the world of thermodynamics, entropy is the state of randomness in a system. The lack of order or predictability. Thanks for reading Palash’s Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is an essay not about entropy in the context of thermodynamic equation balancing or a diatribe on monotonous living. Rather, it is an analysis of how we should incorporate its concepts and fundamentals in the way that we apportion our time.
Nice connection across multiple pieces of literature - "luck from motion" especially stood out to me as a phrase to keep in mind for future use.
Like I mentioned to you earlier, I'm reminded strongly of Taleb's writings:
"Half the time I hate Black Swans, the other half I love them. I like the randomness that produces the texture of life, the positive accidents, the success of Apelles the painter, the potential gifts you do not have to pay for.
It is more difficult to be a loser in a game you set up yourself.
In Black Swan terms, this means that you are exposed to the improbable only if you let it control you. You always control what you do; so make this your end.
I am sometimes taken aback by how people can have a miserable day or get angry because they feel cheated by a bad meal, cold coffee, a social rebuke, or a rude reception. Recall my discussion in Chapter 8 on the difficulty in seeing the true odds of the events that run your own life. We are quick to forget that just being alive is an extraordinary piece of good luck, a remote event, a chance occurrence of monstrous proportions—remember that you are a Black Swan"
Nice connection across multiple pieces of literature - "luck from motion" especially stood out to me as a phrase to keep in mind for future use.
Like I mentioned to you earlier, I'm reminded strongly of Taleb's writings:
"Half the time I hate Black Swans, the other half I love them. I like the randomness that produces the texture of life, the positive accidents, the success of Apelles the painter, the potential gifts you do not have to pay for.
It is more difficult to be a loser in a game you set up yourself.
In Black Swan terms, this means that you are exposed to the improbable only if you let it control you. You always control what you do; so make this your end.
I am sometimes taken aback by how people can have a miserable day or get angry because they feel cheated by a bad meal, cold coffee, a social rebuke, or a rude reception. Recall my discussion in Chapter 8 on the difficulty in seeing the true odds of the events that run your own life. We are quick to forget that just being alive is an extraordinary piece of good luck, a remote event, a chance occurrence of monstrous proportions—remember that you are a Black Swan"
- The Black Swan, Ch 19