If the good old days were so good, then why did they lead to the present day?
I have heard two explanations. One is, “they” did it. The other is, entropy did it.
The trouble with “ ‘they’ did it” is that it shines a bad light on ‘us’; for surely ‘we’ were weak, or foolish, or wicked, to be defeated by ‘them’. Weakness, folly and wickedness are not good; so by that account, the good old days were not really that good.
And as for entropy doing it; that makes sense, for entropy increases in all closed systems. Therefore, if entropy is not to accumulate, then your system must not be closed.
Very late, or alternatively not late at all, but is there any system that is not closed?
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