Electronic/World Wide Web>Blog:  Street, Farnam (2018), Battling Entropy: Making Order of the Chaos in Our Lives, Retrieved on 2019-03-02
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    02 MAR 2019

     Entropy in our Everyday Lives: Active Stability

    Because things naturally move to disorder over time, we can position ourselves to create stability. There are two types of stability: active and passive. Consider a ship, which, if designed well, should be able to sail through a storm without intervention. This is passive stability. A fighter jet, in contrast, requires active stability. The plane can’t fly for more than a few seconds without having to adjust its wings. This adjustment happens so fast that it’s controlled by software. There is...
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