#Entropy zero series#

This is a graph of an exponential function. We all use these metaphors, most of us use them every day.

#Entropy zero series#

This is the second in a series of postsВ on mathematical metaphors. This entry was posted in Mathematicians, Metaphor.Д®xponential #Metaphor #maths #mathematics #nerdsВ #geek While this arcane curve is a good metaphor, it is nor the best.

linear goes up, exponential goes up really fast, and the logistics curve ultimately goes up really slow. The interesting thing is that all three models/metaphors are what mathematicians call: monotonic-they always increase. Reality often matches this metaphor even thoughВ most people ignore this model. It discourages the winners and encourages the losers. In politics and economics, this metaphor is expressed as diminishing returns what work well yesterday, barely works at all today. The logistics curve recognizes that things do not expand forever. This is the truth of the logistics curve metaphor. When virtually everyone with a phone or a computer was on Facebook, it couldnвЂ™t grow anymore. Eventually, growth slows down.ДЇor example, Facebook increased its total users exponentially until it ran out of people. The metaphor recognizes that while things can growth quickly and change rapidly, this condition can not continue indefinitely. While small sections of the exponential look like linear graphs, small sections of the logistics curve look like exponentials. Just as the exponential takes a broader view than the linear, the logistics curve is broader than the exponential. However, it is a good one to learn as it is a much more accurate metaphor. It is not a common function and is rarely discussed. This is the third in a series of postsВ on mathematical metaphors. Posted on JanuUpdated on December 23, 2016 Logistics Curve #Metaphor #maths #mathematics #nerdsВ #geek Here is the first page (copyright 2016 by Robert J. This is an example of wonderfully creative design we will see inВ decline as the eBook technology takes over. The Great Cat of RвЂ™a by Robert MullerВ is a wonderful alternate history set on the San Francisco peninsula in the current time, but the city is called Menmenet and it is part of the TaвЂ™an-ImentyВ Republic (a country on the western side of North America), part of the new world empire of Kemet (Egypt). This brings me back to the book mentioned at the beginning of this post. The reader is expected to choose page size, the font and even the page color. On the other hand, eBooks are basically just text strings. While todayвЂ™s printed books are not illuminated manuscripts, each publisher considers the design of the book: size, paper, header, footer, numbering, fonts, layout, etc. Durability is virtually (insert joke here) gone, and the artistry is reduced. were abandoned for the benefit ofВ cheaper and more widely available books. However, with the printing press came mass-market publishing where artistry, color, gold leaf, etc. This image of the Gutenberg Bible shows some early attempts to maintain the hand-crafted beauty of pre-printing-press books. The next breakthrough was the printing press. Consider this page from an illuminated manuscript.

These new books (scrolls) were not resistant to fire, water, or mold damage like the previous stone and ceramic versions. This technology allowed knowledge to be widespread. This had the advantage of being cheaper to produce and easier to store.

If you are not convinced, consider the number of sound recording mediums that have become obsolete in the last century (wires, cylinders, platters, tapes, discs, each of several types).ДЄs with twentieth century sound recordings, stone encryptions shared publishing with other durable media, such as clay tablets and wall paintings, especially the very durable frescos.Д®ventually, carved-in-stone was replaced by paper and ink. While the Rosetta Stone survived for thousands of year, you can not expect comparable longevity from your favorite eBook. The beauty of this technology was durability. Even though this method is rarely used anymore, it is still used for gravestones and remembered in idiomsВ like вЂњ carved in stone,вЂќ and вЂњwritten in stone.вЂќ Not that many millenniaВ ago, publishing meant inscribing our words in stone. This little post looks back nostalgically on what weвЂ™ve lost in publishing. The Great Cat of RвЂ™aВ by Robert J Muller ( ) reminds me that as much as we gain from technology, we also have to pay a price. Publishing progress or not? #publishing #historyВ #writing