During philosophical moments, I like to ponder whether the meaning of life is about churning out as much entropy as we can over all time. Obviously, in that fra

During philosophical moments, I like to ponder whether the meaning of life is about churning out as much entropy as we can over all time. Obviously, in that frame, environmentalism is important because if we all die off, the total entropy over all time is reduced. Not really directly related to your post, but it got me thinking. It just struck me that efficiency needs a bigger context. Specifically, it makes us better at being inefficient.