Entropy Quotes

“The alien says, “It’s the aggregation of information across society that makes you collectively smart. As individuals, you’re… average.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“Your species is driven by self-interest. The only question is: what defines self? For some, it’s just them and them alone. What benefits them—regardless of the cost to others—is all that matters. For others, self is their family, culture or religion. For a few, self is broader still, encompassing all of humanity, perhaps even the ecosphere, but it is still self-interest. Whatever your particular self happens to be, you cannot see beyond it.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“Think about a computer,” Mick says. “What is a computer? It’s just a screen, a keyboard and a mouse, and yet it’s whatever you need it to be—a spreadsheet, a word processor, a game of chess, a video call with your doctor, a private movie theater.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“They said, ‘Biology is chemistry exploiting physics.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“Butterflies flitter by, being one of the few joys in the jungle. They’re colorful, resplendent in sky blues and hints of red and yellow, though most use aposematism to signal they’re toxic.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“aposematism”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“Ouroboros. The snake that ate its own tail.” “Ah…”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“You see, intelligence lies not in things, but in how things are arranged… The difference between a dictionary and Tolstoy’s War and Peace is not found in the words used, but in their order, in their arrangement, in the skill with which they are placed on the page, in the emotions they evoke.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“blanca nieve.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“Yes. They think in very simplistic terms. To them, you’re a door. That’s all. You’re either open or closed. If you’re open, they’ll walk on through and take what they want. If you’re closed, they’ll kick down the door. Either way, they’re gonna get what they want.” The major nods. “I’ve met a few people like that at the Pentagon.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“We get one shot, that’s all. Just one. And then, everything we thought was so damn important is reduced to dust. Call me naive. Call me dumb, stupid, woke, whatever—it doesn’t matter. In this cold, dark universe, only one thing counts, only one thing extends beyond the handful of years we cling to life, and that’s kindness.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“call it ‘el árbol de la muerte’—”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“Most of them are on the far side of the galaxy”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“climate change”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“But for this brief moment in time”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“Biology is chemistry exploiting physics.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy

“Everyone’s twelve.”
― Peter Cawdron, Entropy