Entropy

I've been thinking a lot recently about entropy. I've been thinking that's a bad thing, certainly not a pleasant topic of you think about it's implications. But if you are thinking about it, it's possible to think that "thinking about entropy" might be an antidote against it. Or certainly an inoculation – I think Bucky Fuller called that Syntropy.
Interesting that I should be looking for an "antidote" to entropy -- something to counter it. I suppose Jeremy Rifkin left me with "What to do about entropy" a long time ago. Likewise, Wild Bill Brooks, who inscribed my High School yearbook with Gibbs’s free energy equation G^o = H^o - TS^o
I always liked that and never really knew why. It took quite a while to come to understand the attraction, and I may only now be in a position to really come to understand the significance.
My head has been in pure science and technology speculation the past month or two. Nothing too productive has come from it, but it's good to keep thinking in that direction. My intuitive sense is that we, as a species, need to do a lot more thinking about the importance of science, and quickly, or we’re going to be in big trouble.

Writing a book

One of the reasons I started this blog is simply to get back into the practice of writing again. It's been fitful, I'll admit. I'm distracted by the immediate need to "get a job" -- that's definitely the proper thing for me to occupy my attention right now. And yet this time away from a full-time position should be an opportunity to rejuvenate the practice of putting words on page (well at least putting pixels on screen).

The logic of writing a book is simple - it seems to be the entree into doing the kind of consulting and teaching that I'd like to do. The concept is to slice off a big topic, do some research, and throw my whole kitchen sink of distinctions at the topic. It introduces the new notions, searches for applicability, brings in experts (hopefully) and establishes credibility. When people say" "What have you done?", you can pull it out and say "I wrote this book." It's an advantage.

So what am I going to write about? It's really my thesis: The Design Service Society. After reading Dan Pink's book, I realized that the time in right to bring forward a thesis I've been formulating for 12 years. And now, having completed Professor Zuboff's book, it's even clearer that the timing is right. It’s very exciting.