Entropy, Compound and Game Theory

20260121 - Introduction: The Only True Voyage 3 They are like discerning personal assistants who come to the brain with only the most important information. p9 That's how people get addicted to screen. The Umwelt concept can feel constrictive because it implies that every creature is trapped within the house of its senses. p14 What's Umwelt? Subjective environment. This is one of the reasons that Robots/AI can easily beat human in everything. 20260124 - 1 Leaking Sacks of Chemicals: Smells and Tastes 17 Horowitz found that dogs became more optimistic after just two weeks of nosework. p22 Our habit changes our attitude. Taste is reflexive and innate, while smell is not. p47 We are trained to learn how to handle an odor. In different environment, the same odor may have different meaning, so we learned to love or hate or ignore it. But taste is different. Sweet is always good, and bitter is always bad. In a way, we see by smelling light. p52 Amazing! 20260206 - 2 Endless Ways of S...

20260115 - Preface 20260115 - Introduction ......adult male workers lost out: the share of children workers rapidly expanded, reaching about half of the workforce employed in textiles during the 1830s. p9 I never thought of this! Sending children to school killed two birds with one stone. And more broadly, cascading competition among nation-states made it harder to align technological conservatism with the political status quo. The outside threat of political replacement became greater than the threat of rebelling workmen from below. p19 The political elites never back off unless they are under existential external threat. All the same. Part I. The Great Stagnation 20260120 - 1. A Brief History of Preindustrial Progress - 33 What's the difference between labor-saving technology and enabling(capital-saving) technology? Labor-saving technology use power from sources other than human. This power includes both energy and intelligence. Fierce war and competitions crash the restrain...