Why Nothing Persists Without Paying a Price

Nothing that lasts does so for free. Any system that remains organized must continuously release energy, export entropy, or shed structure into its surroundings. This loss is not failure—it is the condition that allows stability to exist at all.

This video explores why persistence always requires dissipation. Stars shine by burning fuel. Living systems survive by exporting waste. Machines remain stable by dumping excess heat. Structure does not endure by resisting change, but by managing it.

From atoms and molecules to ecosystems and galaxies, persistence emerges through selection without intention. Most patterns fail. A few endure—not because they are perfect, but because they can pay the ongoing cost of remaining coherent.
ABOUT THIS CHANNEL
This channel explores how structure, information, and persistence shape the universe — from cosmology and physics to complexity, emergence, and scientific testing.
The content is part of the Carroll Wells Gradient (CWG) project, a layered framework for understanding how patterns survive, evolve, and get filtered by reality.

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