tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859567876135439896.post8435543663622481194..comments2024-03-12T04:56:36.742-04:00Comments on Minimizing Entropy: How much should I give up?DMAKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10430943593190838423noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859567876135439896.post-11446993691772956822011-06-14T23:18:22.182-04:002011-06-14T23:18:22.182-04:00Great topic,great post, great comments. I really ...Great topic,great post, great comments. I really enjoy coming to your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859567876135439896.post-22012208281294834702011-06-12T17:23:10.183-04:002011-06-12T17:23:10.183-04:00Individual ability to influence society at large i...Individual ability to influence society at large is always hard. Even Gandhi was not able to influence ppl about his way of living. However, his "swadeshi" movement, which had a stronger political statement, was far more successful.Sushantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859567876135439896.post-90084764433688372752011-06-12T17:22:37.083-04:002011-06-12T17:22:37.083-04:00This is an excellent topic, and one I have often t...This is an excellent topic, and one I have often thought about myself. I think it is something we must always keep in mind and continue to wrestle with.Lisa P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859567876135439896.post-68242722679394104232011-06-12T17:22:11.097-04:002011-06-12T17:22:11.097-04:00i really like this post and i think about this a l...i really like this post and i think about this a lot. in trying to influence others, we must be different yet relatable at the same time. we all live on a spectrum from regressive to progressive lifestyles with the status quo somewhere in t...he middle. our actions only directly influence those who can relate to us - i.e. those who are directly adjacent to us on the spectrum. but the people we influence people influence others in turn, so our actions reverberate throughout the spectrum.<br />a few behaviors can extend the radius of our direct influence and vastly magnify our reverberations. act warmly toward others. select lifestyle changes that incorporate positive reinforcement. making our views easy to understand. reserve judgment.Bradley D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859567876135439896.post-56288326125240909142011-06-11T16:54:58.490-04:002011-06-11T16:54:58.490-04:00"if I were to give up everything, people woul..."if I were to give up everything, people would just count me as a crazy person"<br /><br />Too late!<br /><br />(Just kidding! Just kidding!)<br /><br />But "giving up everything" isn't a well-defined concept. E.g., if you're committed to at least avoiding starving or freezing to death (good!), you're likely going to need a little energy. Where's it going to come from? These things are complicated....Bruce Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07816198402689137636noreply@blogger.com