There is an idea.

The idea, which has proven somewhat memetically sticky and is at the core of the so-called "effective accelerationist" (in short, e/acc) movement, is that there is a simple and powerful principle of non-equilibrium thermodynamics which favors the proliferation of ever more complex, intelligent and productive life (and life-like super-organisms, like countries or markets) over the alternative. It is phrased as follows in Beff Jezos "Notes on e/acc principles and tenets":

e/acc is about having faith in the dynamical adaptation process and aiming to accelerate the advent of its asymptotic limit; often reffered to as the technocapital singularity

Effective accelerationism aims to follow the “will of the universe”: leaning into the thermodynamic bias towards futures with greater and smarter civilizations that are more effective at finding/extracting free energy from the universe and converting it to utility at grander and grander scale

This idea originates in the [...]

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Outline:

(02:35) The assumptions

(05:48) The theory

(11:55) The question of predictive power

(15:30) The tree of life

(18:33) Pale blue dot

(22:57) Across the Universe

(26:38) Black Holes and Revelations

(31:13) Conclusions

The original text contained 9 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
December 17th, 2023

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CwEsWktvi2iSysdon/the-predictive-power-of-dissipative-adaptation

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“The predictive power of dissipative adaptation” by dr_s

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