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Abstract: The second law, why the worst can be better. Peter Atkins-TEDxOxBridge.
In the conference reference is made to thermodynamics, according to the speaker there are two
important laws; the first, referring to the fact that the amount of energy in the universe is constant
and the second, that the disorder of the universe or entropy increases. The first refers to the fact
that there is no change in the amount of energy and the second in terms of disorder refers to the
fact that everything we do brings consequences and increases said disorder; the speaker focuses
on this point and tells us that the fact of using an energy resource implies that this resource
decreases and is the entrance to a crisis, however change is the natural direction, therefore matter
and energy tend to disperse and no matter what things are all predisposed to fall into disorder and
is the source of all change. It is highlighted that this local disorder can become order and although
there is a local order globally there can be disorder, it is the message of the second law. This is
because the world is an interconnected network, we think about the effect of the sun on
organisms and even about what happens in our digestive system, which can lead to great
thoughts, including the creation of music. Therefore, there is nothing that cannot be explained
through the second law of thermodynamics, that is, the world is developing and becoming more
chaotic, and this can be understood as natural selection. Finally, despite the complexity of the
ideas that we have when we look at the center of all the processes that surround us, we find the
greatest simplicity, for which it can be summarized that matter and energy simply collapse into
disorder and these are linked to the ecosystem we inhabit.