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I'm not a physicist, so maybe I missed the connection between negentropy and some very generic life advice. In terms of actual energy usage, the examples don't
by ritzaco 4y ago
I'm not a physicist, so maybe I missed the connection between negentropy and some very generic life advice.
In terms of actual energy usage, the examples don't make sense to me. It doesn't take 3x as much energy to pick up 3 socks from the floor, or wipe a counter that is 3x as dirty, so if you actually want to conserve energy you should let something get to its maximum-acceptable dirty state before cleaning/tidying.
- leobg 4y agoThat’s what I try to explain to my wife all the time!
- THENATHE 4y agoWhat I took away from this is that the location of the socks matter. If you have three socks that are all on top of eachother, it takes essentially the same effort to grab all 3. If you have three socks that are strewn across the room, it might take more than 3x the energy because you also have to move inbetween the socks. If you scale this up to large levels, the concept of negentropy is "daily life application" terms is "will this task have any corresponding or seemingly unrelated tasks that will be made easier or more difficult by doing this, or in what order I do this relative to them?" and if so, "how can I adjust the order or process of these tasks to optimize the flow?" In the sock situation, two options are: wait until there are far mor socks, or also vacuum at the same time since you already need to bend over for vacuuming.