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		kf on Dec 9, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's your philosophy? Entropism The goal of human civilization is to conquer entropy. Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale

Eliezer on Dec 9, 2008 [–]

You can't conquer entropy, you can only use up negentropy on interesting projects.

kf on Dec 9, 2008 | [–]

You could conquer entropy in this universe by harnessing energy from other universes.

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