On Being
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What’s it about?
A rigorous, poetic exploration of existence through physics and chemistry, arguing that life, consciousness, and meaning emerge from the simple laws of thermodynamics and evolution.
You’ll learn
- Entropy is the creative engine of the cosmos
- Life exploits the second law of thermodynamics
- Consciousness emerges from neural complexity
- Meaning is self-authored, not discovered