This insight - that disorder naturally increases over time but that we can use our effort to create useful types of order that can counteract the pull of entropy - reveals the core purpose of life.

You can pull the weeds in your garden. You can clean your room. But because everything i...

You have a combination of talents, skills, and interests that are unique to you. But you live in a larger society that may not consider your abilities.

It is improbable that life is going to grant you a situation that perfectly matches your strengths. You may not be in the optimal cult...

Entropy is the natural tendency of things to lose order and become less organized. Left to itself, it will always become less structured. Weeds overtake gardens. People age. Sandcastles erode or get washed away.

Over time, everything deteriorates. This is known as...

When we consider the human body, the atoms that make up your body could be arranged in nearly any combination and lead to no form of life.

Mathematically speaking, the odds are against your presence. Yet, here you are. It is truly remarkable.

Artists can create a form of order and symmetry that the universe cannot replicate on its own.

The number of beautiful combinations is far less than the number of total combinations. We should treat it as something unique.