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From: vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Thinking about the reduction of Entropy.
Keywords: Heat Death and Light Life.
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Date: 8 Apr 89 20:21:50 GMT
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In article <838@uceng.UC.EDU> dmocsny@uceng.UC.EDU (daniel mocsny) writes:
>For societies,
>self-destruction is not a goal at all. Instead, it is an emergent
>property resulting from a collection of entities each trying to
>maximize its claim on available resources while minimizing its
>personal effort. 

Local stability (I got enough for me) gives no indication for global
stability (if I get enough now, that assures that no-one will have
enough tomorrow).
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